Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer (Technical Lead).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of PD engineers, providing technical direction and architectural oversight for a sub-chip or partition
• Take personal hands-on ownership of critical, high-congestion, or timing-critical blocks in the design
• Act as the primary architect for PD convergence, implementing custom "PPA recipes" to meet aggressive targets

Required Qualifications

• 8-10 years of PD experience with a proven track record of successful lead-level tape-outs
• Expert-level proficiency in Cadence Innovus/Tempus
• Deep expertise in Static Timing Analysis (STA), including complex clocking and multi-corner sign-off
• Demonstrated ability to optimize performance in advanced nodes (7nm, 5nm, or below)
• Advanced scripting skills in Tcl and Python for scalable design methodologies