About this role
Envision Employment Solutions is currently looking for a Physical Design Architect for one of our partners, an IT Services and IT Consulting company.
THE ROLE
You'll set the physical design strategy for high performance processor and ASIC designs, making the early decisions that decide whether PPA targets are reachable at all. This is an architect's role with deep implementation roots, for someone who has closed timing, planned power and then stepped up to shape the approach for the whole chip.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Define the physical design architecture and methodology for microprocessor and ASIC projectsDrive early floorplan, partitioning and power planning decisionsSet the STA and timing closure strategy across blocks and full chipLead power analysis and PPA exploration with architecture and RTL teamsGuide place and route strategy and review implementation qualityUse SystemC and architecture models to assess the physical impact of design choices, including RISC based coresMentor physical design engineers and lead technical reviews
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
10+ years of experience in physical design, with a track record on microprocessor or complex ASIC designsDeep expertise in STA, place and route and power analysisUnderstanding of RISC architectures and CPU microarchitectureExperience with SystemC or architecture level modellingMultiple tapeouts on advanced nodesStrong technical leadership and communication skills
YOU'LL THRIVE HERE IF YOU
You'd rather make the right call early than fix it lateYou understand CPU architecture well enough to challenge it on physical groundsYou enjoy guiding engineers as much as solving problems yourselfYou think in PPA trade offs from day oneYou want your methodology to become the team standard