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
- Robust 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

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