Senior Physical Design Engineer

Job Title: Senior Physical Design Engineer

Location

Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad (Hybrid)

Experience 8-10 Years

Job Summary We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Physical Design Engineer to join our VLSI Physical Design team. The candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality physical implementation of complex SoC/IP blocks from netlist to GDSII, ensuring timing, power, area, and reliability targets are met. The ideal candidate should have hands-on expertise in advanced node design implementation and signoff methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end physical design implementation of complex digital blocks/subsystems.
• Drive floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, and physical verification.
• Perform design optimization for PPA (Power, Performance, Area) targets.
• Execute timing closure across multiple operating modes and process corners.
• Analyze and resolve setup, hold, SI, IR-drop, EM, and congestion issues.
• Collaborate with RTL, Synthesis, DFT, STA, Package, and Signoff teams to achieve project milestones.
• Support ECO implementation and tapeout activities.
• Develop and enhance PD methodologies, automation flows, and scripts to improve productivity.
• Review design quality and mentor junior engineers.
• Work closely with global cross-functional teams.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in:

• Floorplanning

• Power Planning

• Placement Optimization

• Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS)

• Routing

• Timing Closure

• Physical Verification

STA & Signoff

• In-depth knowledge of:

• Static Timing Analysis (STA)

• Multi-Mode Multi-Corner (MMMC) methodologies

• Crosstalk/SI Analysis

• ECO Flows

• Timing Signoff

Physical Signoff

• Experience with:

• IR Drop Analysis

• Electromigration (EM) Analysis

• DRC/LVS Closure

• Reliability Checks

Tools

Hands-on Experience With Industry-standard EDA Tools

• Cadence Innovus
• Synopsys ICC2
• PrimeTime
• Tempus
• RedHawk / Voltus
• StarRC / Quantus
• Calibre

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electronics, VLSI, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

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