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

- Robust expertise in:
- Floorplanning
- Power Planning
- Placement Optimization
- Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS)
- Routing
- Timing Closure
- Physical Verification
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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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📌 Senior Physical Design Engineer (Pune)
🏢 NXP Semiconductors India Private
📍 Pune