Senior Physical Design Engineer

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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