About this role
Job Title: Senior Physical Design Engineer Location Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad (Hybrid) Experience 8-10 Years Job Summary We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Physical Design Engineer to join our VLSI Physical Design team. The candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality physical implementation of complex SoC/IP blocks from netlist to GDSII, ensuring timing, power, area, and reliability targets are met. The ideal candidate should have hands-on expertise in advanced node design implementation and signoff methodologies. Key Responsibilities
• Own end-to-end physical design implementation of complex digital blocks/subsystems. • Drive floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, and physical verification. • Perform design optimization for PPA (Power, Performance, Area) targets. • Execute timing closure across multiple operating modes and process corners. • Analyze and resolve setup, hold, SI, IR-drop, EM, and congestion issues. • Collaborate with RTL, Synthesis, DFT, STA, Package, and Signoff teams to achieve project milestones. • Support ECO implementation and tapeout activities. • Develop and enhance PD methodologies, automation flows, and scripts to improve productivity. • Review design quality and mentor junior engineers. • Work closely with global cross-functional teams.
Required Technical Skills
• Strong expertise in: • Floorplanning • Power Planning • Placement Optimization • Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS) • Routing • Timing Closure • Physical Verification •
STA & Signoff
• In-depth knowledge of: • Static Timing Analysis (STA) • Multi-Mode Multi-Corner (MMMC) methodologies • Crosstalk/SI Analysis • ECO Flows • Timing Signoff
Physical Signoff
• Experience with: • IR Drop Analysis • Electromigration (EM) Analysis • DRC/LVS Closure • Reliability Checks
Tools Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools:
• Cadence Innovus • Synopsys ICC2 • PrimeTime • Tempus • RedHawk / Voltus • StarRC / Quantus • Calibre
Educational Qualification
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electronics, VLSI, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
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