Key Responsibilities

Static Timing Analysis & Signoff

- Perform block-level and full-chip timing analysis and signoff.
- Drive timing closure across all functional and test modes.
- Analyze and fix setup, hold, recovery, removal, transition, capacitance, and pulse-width violations.
- Perform timing signoff across multiple process, voltage, and temperature corners.
- Execute MCMM (Multi-Corner Multi-Mode) timing analysis and closure.
- Validate timing across hierarchical and flat SoC designs.

Timing Closure

- Drive setup and hold optimization throughout implementation cycles.
- Work closely with Physical Design teams to achieve timing convergence.
- Perform timing ECO generation and validation.
- Analyze critical timing paths and propose optimization strategies.
- Resolve timing bottlenecks while maintaining area and power targets.
- Support late-stage tapeout closure activities.

Cadence Signoff Flow

Strong hands-on experience in:

- Cadence Tempus Timing Signoff
- Cadence Innovus Timing Analysis
- Cadence Voltus Integration
- Cadence Quantus Extraction
- Cadence Conformal ECO
- Cadence Genus Synthesis (preferred)

Signal Integrity & Noise Analysis

- Perform Crosstalk Analysis.
- Analyze and resolve SI-related timing issues.
- Validate noise, glitches, and signal integrity effects.
- Work closely with physical design teams on route optimization and shielding techniques.
- Ensure timing robustness under SI effects.

Low Power Verification

- Verify clock gating implementations.
- Analyze UPF/CPF constraints.
- Validate low-power modes and timing requirements.
- Support power-aware timing signoff methodology.

ECO Implementation & Verification

- Generate timing ECOs for setup and hold closure.
- Work with implementation teams to validate ECO impact.
- Perform incremental timing signoff after ECO implementation.
- Ensure clean final signoff before tapeout.





Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Collaborate with:
- RTL Design Teams
- Physical Design Teams
- DFT Engineers
- Verification Teams
- Architecture Teams
- Foundry Support Teams

- Participate in design reviews and closure meetings.
- Support project execution from RTL freeze to tapeout.

Mandatory Technical Skills

Cadence Tool Expertise

Strong hands-on experience in:

Timing & Signoff

- Cadence Tempus
- Cadence Innovus
- Cadence Quantus
- Cadence Voltus

ECO & Verification

- Cadence Conformal ECO
- Conformal LEC

Synthesis (Preferred)

- Cadence Genus

STA Expertise

Strong knowledge of

✅ Static Timing Analysis (STA)

✅ MCMM Timing Closure

✅ Full Chip Timing Signoff

✅ Block Level Timing Signoff

✅ Timing ECO Closure

✅ Constraint Development (SDC)

✅ Path-Based Analysis

✅ Graph-Based Analysis

✅ Clock Tree Analysis

✅ Timing Exception Validation

✅ Setup/Hold Closure

✅ Recovery & Removal Checks

✅ Clock Domain Analysis

✅ CDC Timing Understanding

Timing Constraints Knowledge

Strong expertise in

- SDC Creation and Validation
- Generated Clocks
- Virtual Clocks
- False Paths
- Multi-Cycle Paths
- Asynchronous Path Constraints
- Timing Derates
- OCV/AOCV/POCV
- Useful Skew Methodology

Signal Integrity & Variability Analysis

Experience in

- Crosstalk Analysis
- Noise Analysis
- OCV Closure
- AOCV
- POCV
- LVF-Based Flows
- Variation-Aware Timing Signoff

Technology Node Experience

Mandatory experience in one or more:

- 28nm
- 16nm FinFET
- 12nm FinFET
- 7nm FinFET
- 5nm FinFET

Preferred:
- 3nm Technology Node
- Advanced FinFET Implementation
- Multi-billion Gate SoCs

4. DFT: Synopsys Tool:

Under direct supervision, performs engineering work and applied research, development, and design of current Integrated Chips. Work includes Architectural Design, Logic Design, Circuit Design, Physical Design, Verification, Fabrication, Packaging of Chips.

📌 Senior Engineer - STA (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cyient
📍 Hyderabad