Basic qualifications

- Solid academic and technical background in electrical engineering. A Bachelor s degree in EE / Computer is required, and a Master s degree is preferred.
- 6 years experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications.
- Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, plan and prepare for customer meetings in advance, and work with minimal guidance and supervision.
- Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!

Required experience

- Hands-on and thorough knowledge of synthesis, place and route, CTS, extraction timing analysis/STA, Physical Verification and other backend tools and methodologies for technologies 16nm or less, preferably 7nm or less.
- Proven expertise in synthesis, timing closure and formal verification (equivalence) at the block and full-chip level.




- Full chip or block level ownership from architecture to GDSII, driving multiple complex designs to production.
- Experience with Cadence and/or Synopsys physical design tools/flows.
- Familiarity and working knowledge of System Verilog/Verilog.
- Experience with DFT tools and techniques.
- Experience in working with IP vendors for both RTL and hard-mac blocks.
- Good scripting skills in python or Perl

Preferred

- Good knowledge of design for test (DFT), stuck-at and transition scan test insertion.
- Familiarity with DFT test coverage and debug.
- Familiarity with ECO methodologies and tools.

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📌 Senior Principal Physical Design Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Astera Labs
📍 Bengaluru