Descriptions & Requirements

Job Description and Requirements

Staff Engineer, Physical Design – PnR Implementation & Methodology
We Are
Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D; capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.
You Are
You are an experienced Physical Design engineer with strong expertise in Place and Route (PnR) design implementation and flow methodologies. You have a comprehensive understanding of the complete PnR development flow and hands-on experience using industry-standard physical design tools such as Synopsys Fusion Compiler (FC) or Cadence Innovus.
You understand physical design signoff methodologies and have exposure to tools such as IC Validator (ICV), RedHawk, PrimeTime, and StarRC, or equivalent solutions.



Along with executing designs, you are interested in continuously improving implementation flows, methodologies, and Power, Performance, and Area (PPA).
You bring solid debugging, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities and are comfortable collaborating with cross-cultural, geographically distributed, and matrixed engineering teams.
What You'll Be Doing
• Drive Place and Route (PnR) implementation for complex semiconductor designs.
• Execute and optimize physical design flows across key stages of the PnR lifecycle.
• Work extensively with Fusion Compiler (FC) and/or Innovus for design implementation.
• Perform and support physical design signoff using methodologies and tools such as ICV, RedHawk, PrimeTime, and StarRC, or similar.
• Analyze implementation results and identify opportunities for PPA improvement.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of physical design flows, methodologies, and flow usa

📌 Staff Engineer, Physical Design (Bengaluru)
🏢 Synopsys
📍 Bengaluru