SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR
Location
Waltham, MA
Level
Entry-Level
Department
Consumer Electronics
Type
Salary
$110,000 - $170,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-01-16
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the logic design team to understand partition architecture and influence physical aspects early in the design cycle.
- Complete netlist to GDS2 implementation for design partitions.
- Conduct timing, physical, and electrical verification, ensuring signoff closure for the partitions.
- Identify and resolve design and flow issues related to physical design.
- Drive execution of potential solutions to design challenges.
- Utilize knowledge of chip architecture and back-end design flow.
- Engage in physical design verification processes (DRC/LVS, EMIR).
Job Requirements
- Minimum BS Degree with 0+ years of experience.
- Basic understanding of logic gates.
- Previous internship or project work in computer architecture, VLSI, or circuit design.
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills across various functional teams.
- Familiarity with Verilog, VHDL, Python, Perl, TCL, and/or SPICE.
- Ability to drive physical design efforts and meet deadlines.
- Understanding of physical synthesis, floor-planning, and place and route (PnR).
