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If you’re good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you’re the best at what you do, come work at Innophase IoT!\nOverview of Role\nAs a Physical Design Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for the entire SOC implementation and verification flow from RTL-to-GDS that includes floorplan, place and route, CTS, STA, PV/EMIR/Noise/SigEM cleanup and signoff on lower power SoC. 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