What you’ll do
- As a Physical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for performing Synthesis, Floorplanning, Clock/Power Planning, Timing Analysis, Power Integrity, ECOs, Library/tool flow setup, design QA, Develop Tapeout checklists, flow automation, etc on a high-performance LiDAR processing chip.
- You will work closely with logic designers and back-end engineers to ensure high-quality netlist handoff and minimize iteration in the implementation process.
What you’ll have
- 12+ years of experience in Physical Implementation of high-performance SoCs at advanced nodes.
- Broad knowledge of advanced Synthesis techniques, Place and Route, Floorplanning, Top-Level Integration, Global/Local clock distribution, STA-based timing convergence, constraints management, Power Distribution Network development and analysis, low power implementation techniques, Logic Equivalence check, Physical design verification and automated ECO flows.
- Experience in developing and analyzing Power Distribution Networks at Block/Chip-Level
- Experience in Implementing complex clock structures in a SoC
- Experience in developing and implementing IO pad ring, RDL routing, etc
- In-depth knowledge of EDA tools used in Physical Design, particularly Cadence.
- Scripting expertise in Python/PERL, TCL, etc
- Recent tapeouts in advanced technology nodes.
- Desire to learn and implement groundbreaking new hardware technology
Nice to have
- High-Performance CPU or Communication chip background
- Experience in integrating High-Performance analog design in a high-performance digital chip
- Experience in constraints debugging and work with Designers to resolve timing issues