Description
This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 4200000 - Rs 6500000 (ie INR 42-65 LPA)

Experience: 7+ yrs
Location: Bengaluru
Job Type: Full time

We are looking for an experienced Physical Design Lead to drive the complete RTL-to-GDSII implementation for advanced ASIC and SoC designs. This role requires a strong technical leader who can manage complex physical design activities, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality silicon. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in physical design methodologies, timing closure, ECO implementation, physical verification, and EDA tools, along with a passion for driving innovation through automation and AI-driven design optimization.

Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the complete RTL-to-GDSII physical design flow, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality designs.
- Execute and manage floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, timing closure, and physical signoff activities.
- Drive Engineering Change Order (ECO)



implementation and optimize designs to meet evolving project requirements.
- Perform and resolve physical verification issues, including DRC and LVS, to ensure design manufacturability and quality.
- Optimize power, performance, and area (PPA) while achieving timing and signal integrity goals.
- Utilize industry-standard EDA tools such as ICC2, Fusion Compiler, Innovus, PrimeTime, and Tempus for physical design implementation and analysis.
- Apply AI/ML techniques to improve floorplanning, placement, routing, congestion reduction, timing closure, and ECO automation.
- Develop scripting and automation solutions to improve design productivity and streamline physical design workflows.
- Collaborate closely with RTL, STA, DFT, Verification, and other cross-functional teams throughout the design lifecycle.
- Mentor and guide engineering teams while managing project schedules, deliverables, and technical exe

📌 Physical Design Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 Weekday AI
📍 Bengaluru