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Samsung Semiconductor · 23 hours ago

Sr. Staff Physical Design PPA Engineer

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$180K/yr - $270K/yr

8+ years exp

Samsung, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, is seeking a Sr Staff Physical Design PPA Engineer. The role involves developing design recipes to improve Power/Performance/Area for Physical Design execution and requires strong problem-solving skills and proficiency in Physical Design Implementation.

Semiconductor

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

You will lead PPA initiatives by identifying opportunities, tracking progress, and executing towards delivering solutions that meet project requirements

You will drive flows and methodologies improvements for the purpose of automating Physical Design Implementation, leveraging your strong problem-solving skills and high proficiency in all areas of Physical Design

You will have hands-on responsibility from synthesis to place and route of an IP block through signoff flows, including timing and physical verification

You will interact with RTL counterparts and SOC teams to resolve design issues pertaining to block closure, providing feedback and working together to optimize the design flow

Qualification

Physical Design ImplementationP&R/STA flowsToolsSynthesisBlock level floor-planningTCLPerlShellPythonElectrical Engineering fundamentalsDisciplinePlanningCommunication skillsTeam playerAttention to detail

Required

10+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/relevant technical field, or 8+ years of experience with a Master's degree, or 6+ years of experience with a PhD

Solid understanding of the SOC/ASIC design flow with particular experience in taping out designs

Experience with synthesis, block, and full chip implementation utilizing the latest industry P&R/STA flows and tools

Experience in block level floor-planning, implementing power grid and area/congestion optimization

Proficient scripting/programming skills in TCL, Perl, Shell, and/or Python

Knowledge of Electrical Engineering fundamentals, analytical aptitude and excellent attention to detail

Strong communication skills, team player working in collaborative work environment, discipline and planning; ability to execute with high quality deliverables is a must

Preferred

Experience with 7nm Finfet or smaller process nodes

Hands-on experience with clock tree synthesis (CTS)

Sign-off experience with reliability, signal integrity, noise, timing, power, physical and DFM closure

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k)

Onsite lunch

Employee purchase program

Tuition assistance (after 6 months)

Paid time off

Student loan program

Wellness incentives

MBO bonus compensation

Long term incentive plan

Relocation

Company

Samsung Semiconductor

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (SSI) is a multi-billion dollar wide range of industry-leading semiconductor solutions.

Founded in 1974

San Jose, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.samsung.com/us/samsungsemiconductor

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