Principal Engineer – Physical Design

About the role

Microchip’s CAD Physical Design (PD) team is looking for a Principal Engineer to work on Full Chip APR/Physical Implementation (Netlist-to-GDSII). In this role, you will be working as part of a worldwide team in all areas of Physical Implementation including APR of hierarchical, low-power, multi-mode, multi-corner mixed-signal designs.

Responsibilities

• Perform all aspects of physical design flows such as floor planning, placement optimization, clock tree synthesis, routing, crosstalk avoidance, and physical verification.
• Lead full-chip Physical Design activities.
• Apply advanced knowledge of VLSI logic principles, clock structures, and design timing closure.
• Utilize sign-off tools for Static Timing Analysis, Formal Equivalence, Parasitic Extraction, Power Integrity, and Physical Verification.
• Implement UPF and Low Power design practices throughout the entire physical design flow.
• Collaborate with multiple teams across a geographically diverse company to achieve design goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Advanced knowledge of place-and-route methodologies.
• Recent experience with leading full-chip Physical Design activities.
• Daily use of ICC/ICC2 or Innovus is preferred.
• Experience with 40nm or 28nm technologies is required; 16nm or smaller technology preferred.
• Proficiency in Tcl and Perl scripting is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Self-motivated team player capable of collaborating across geographically diverse teams.

Skills

• Hands-on experience in physical design flows (floor planning, placement, CTS, routing, verification).
• Advanced knowledge of VLSI logic principles and clock structures.
• Familiarity with sign-off tools for STA, Formal Equivalence, Parasitic Extraction, Power Integrity, and Physical Verification.
• Knowledge of UPF and Low Power design practices.

Travel

0% - 25% travel time.

Physical Requirements

• 80% sitting, 10% walking, 10% standing.
• Requires hearing, seeing, and talking.
• Involves working both alone and around others.