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

- Solid expertise in:

- Floorplanning

- Power Planning

- Placement Optimization

- Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS)

- Routing

- Timing Closure

- Physical Verification

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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