Physical Design Engineer - Austin
Location
Austin, TX
Level
Mid-Level
Department
Semiconductors
Type
Salary
$115,000 - $173,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-07-31
Responsibilities
- Innovate and implement chips and cores using state-of-the-art tools.
- Manage the complete Physical Design Flow and deliver high-speed, low-power designs.
- Develop low power implementation methods and customized P&R for area reduction.
- Conduct floorplanning, power planning, and IR drop analysis.
- Perform timing optimization, RC extraction, and signal integrity analysis.
- Debug timing violations and implement functional ECOs.
- Design, verify, and deliver Physical Design solutions from netlist to final product.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field with 2+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 1+ year, or PhD.
- 6+ years of industry experience in Physical Design and Place & Route tools.
- Experience with Synopsys PTSI for timing closure.
- Knowledge of formal verification and power domain analysis.
- Proficiency in scripting and software languages including Python, PERL/TCL, and C.
- Familiarity with physical verification processes.
- Strong understanding of DFT mode constraints for place and route.
