Plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.
Hands-on Physical Design (PD) execution at block/SoC level with a focus on Power, Performance, Area (PPA) improvements.
Strong understanding of technology and PD Flow Methodology enablement.
Work with Physical Design engineers to roll out robust methodologies, identify areas for flow improvement (area/power/performance/convergence), develop plans, and deploy/support them.
Provide tool support and issue debugging services to physical design team engineers across various sites.
Develop and maintain 3rd party tool integration and productivity enhancement routines.
Understand advanced technology Place & Route (PNR) and Static Timing Analysis (STA) concepts and methodologies, and work closely with EDA vendors to deploy solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Skill Set:

Strong programming experience & Proficiency in Python/Tcl/C++.
Understanding of physical design flows using Innovus/fc/icc2 tools.
Knowledge of one of Encounter/Innovus or FC (or other equivalent PNR tool) is mandatory.
Basic understanding of Timing/Formal verification/Physical verification/extraction are desired.
Ability to ramp-up in new areas, be a good team player, and excellent communication skills desired.

Experience:

3-5 years of experience with the Place-and-route and timing closure and power analysis environment is required.

Physical Design Engineer, Staff