Physical Design Engineer
Tachyum · Las Vegas, NV · Yesterday
EngineeringFull-time
Responsibilities
- Responsible for implementation of ultra-high performance and low power data processing chip
- Work with RTL designers to achieve PPA goals and suggest appropriate tradeoffs
- Floor-planning, experimenting with placement and routing techniques for better PPA
- Do timing closure for very high frequency designs with possible hand placement of logic when needed
- Help define low latency/low skew clock tree methodology/design
- Help define appropriate power grid structures to meet EM/IR goals
- Scripting and automating flows to improve turn-around times
Qualifications
- Member of core team responsible for the crafting and timely delivery of PD partitions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills required to work with our global design team
- Successful track record of mentoring junior engineers and interns a plus
- More than 5 years of experience in high performance semiconductor designs
- Verilog knowledge and an understanding of ASIC design flow
- Expertise in logic synthesis, prototyping, timing analysis, floor-planning
- Expertise in flow automation (Perl, Tcl, Python) and understanding of full PD methodology
- Experience with Innovus on 7nm or lower technology nodes
- A background in computer architecture is desirable
- The ability to learn new technologies and apply that knowledge quickly
- A proven track record demonstrating the ability to meet project milestones and deadlines
- BS or MS Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
- Familiarity with basic synthesizable RTL designs (flops, fifos Clock domain crossing) is a plus
- Strong familiarity with any of these protocols: PCie, Ethernet (100G and above), DDR4
- Ability to create regression scripts to run individual and batch jobs on grid
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunities for professional development and advancement
- International environment and further career progression
- Getting in touch with bleeding edge technology
- Collaborative and supportive work environment