Job Description We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Silicon Design Engineer with proven expertise in advanced technology nodes ( that directly influence product performance and customer success.
n Key Responsibilities:
n n Timing Closure Leadership: Deliver sign-off quality STA across complex, high-frequency designs, ensuring robust performance in diverse modes and corners.
n Customer Impact: Translate technical excellence into measurable outcomes for customers — faster turnaround, improved QoR, and optimized PPA trade-offs.
n Constraint Development: Architect and validate timing constraints to guarantee design reliability and seamless integration into customer workflows.
n Synthesis & Optimization: Own synthesis flows using Fusion Compiler and Design Compiler, achieving customer-defined targets for timing, area, and power.
n Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with RTL, PD, and DFT teams to proactively resolve design challenges, ensuring smooth delivery for customer programs.
n AI-driven Design: Apply reinforcement learning tools (DSO.ai) to accelerate design space exploration, delivering creative solutions that reduce cycle time.
n Low Power & UPF: Implement and verify UPF-based power intent, ensuring energy-efficient designs aligned with customer requirements.




n Formal Equivalence & ECOs: Guarantee functional correctness through formal verification and ECO generation, enabling reliable customer tape-outs.
n n Qualifications:
n n Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from reputed universities
n 7+ years of semiconductor design experience at leading companies
n Expertise in STA, synthesis, constraints, and low-power verification.
n Proficiency in industry-standard tools: PrimeTime, Fusion Compiler, Design Compiler, Formality, ICC2, Conformal, VCLP.
n Strong programming skills in TCL, Python, Perl, and Verilog.
n Deep understanding of advanced node challenges (cross talk, OCV, AOCV, POCV) and clock architectures.
n n What Sets You Apart
n n Proven ability to deliver timing closure at cutting-edge nodes.
n Track record of driving customer success through technical innovation.
n Exposure to AI-driven optimization tools that redefine design efficiency.
n Solid communicator who bridges technical depth with customer priorities.
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📌 Senior Silicon Design Engineer Sta Synthesis Bengaluru
🏢 SmartSoC Solutions
📍 Bengaluru