Job Description :
Physical Design Engineer
Hudson MA
Role Description
Synthesis using DC
Expert in Synthesis to Tape-out flow, including Layout, DFT, Timing Closure, and Chip Finishing
Floorplan, P&R
Ability to independently handle complex blocks to closure right from Synthesis
Physical verification (DRC, LVS)
Worked on at least 2 end to end projects those spanned across entire life cycle of development
STA & Timing closure
Ability to communicate with architecture, RTL design and other remote teams
Layout clean-up
Preferably experience in 20 nm, 14 nm flows
Performing a wide range of back-end activities, including synthesis of RTL, DFT insertion, power optimization, Floor-planning, PnR (Place and Route), Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS), Timing closure (STA), DRC, LVS, Antenna checks, IR drop (RedHawk), multi voltage checks etc.
Participating in the development of a back-end SoC design flow.
Experience of UPF low power design through synthesis, place and route.
Expertise in Synopsys suite (IC Compiler, Primetime, Design Compiler)