Why join Upscale AI

Upscale AI is building the high-performance infrastructure powering the next generation of artificial intelligence. Backed by over $300M in funding and rapid global adoption, we are scaling systems designed for the world’s most demanding AI workloads.

We focus on first-principles engineering across silicon, systems, and networking—where performance, scale, and execution are critical. Our team is talent-dense and high-performing. We value ownership, technical rigor, and speed, and we offer the opportunity to work on foundational problems with immediate, real-world impact.

If you’re looking to do high-impact work, move fast, and help define the infrastructure behind the future of AI—Upscale AI is where you can produce meaningful work at the frontier—and operate at a high standard.

Role Summary:
As a Senior Back End Manager – Physical Design, you will be responsible for leading high-performance ASIC/SoC physical implementation teams delivering complex designs from RTL to GDSII. You will drive execution strategy, build scalable methodologies,



manage technical execution across multiple blocks/subsystems, and ensure successful design convergence across advanced technology nodes.

The role requires a robust technical leader with hands-on expertise in physical design, proven ability to manage engineering teams, and experience delivering large-scale silicon programs with aggressive Power, Performance, Area, and Schedule targets.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and manage a team of Physical Design engineers responsible for implementation and signoff of complex ASIC/SoC designs.

Own overall back-end execution strategy including floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, physical verification, and tape-out readiness.

Drive project planning, resource allocation, execution tracking, risk identification, and mitigation across multiple design milestones.

Provide technical leadership for architecture decisions including hierarchy definition, part

📌 Senior Manager – Physical Design (Bengaluru)
🏢 Upscale AI
📍 Bengaluru