This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

Min Experience: 11+ years
Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced Physical Design Lead to drive end-to-end physical implementation of complex SoC/IP designs from netlist to GDSII.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead physical design implementation from floorplanning through placement, CTS, routing, optimization and signoff.
• Own timing closure across setup, hold, MCMM and ECO iterations.
• Drive physical design methodologies, quality and implementation schedules.
• Work closely with RTL, synthesis, STA, DFT, architecture and verification teams.
• Analyze and resolve congestion, timing, power, IR drop, EM and signal-integrity issues.
• Review design constraints, implementation reports and signoff results.
• Mentor physical design engineers and provide technical direction.




• Participate in methodology development and flow optimization.

Requirements

Required:
• 10+ years of hands-on Physical Design experience.
• Strong experience in RTL-to-GDSII implementation.
• Proven expertise in floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing and timing closure.
• Strong understanding of STA, MCMM, ECO and physical verification.
• Experience with industry-standard EDA tools such as Cadence Innovus, Synopsys ICC2/Fusion Compiler and PrimeTime.
• Solid Tcl/Perl/Python scripting skills are desirable.

Good to Have:
Experience with advanced technology nodes, hierarchical/top-level implementation, low-power designs, IR/EM analysis and complex SoC integration.

Must-have skills

Physical Design, floor-planning, Place & Route

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