Principal Physical Design Engineer

Responsibilities :

• Top-level floor planning, PG Planning, partitioning, placement, scan-chain-reordering, clock tree synthesis, timing optimization, SI aware routing, timing analysis / closure, and ECO tasks (timing and functional ECOs), SI closure, design rule checks (DRC), and Logical vs. Schematic (LVS) checks, Antenna checks.
• Worked on 65nm or lower node designs with advanced low power techniques such as Voltage Islands, Power Gating, and substrate-bias.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Physical Design Engineers.
• Interface with front-end ASIC teams to resolve issues.
• Low Power Design - Voltage Islands, Power Gating, Substrate-bias techniques.
• Timing closure on DDR2 / DDR3 / PCIE interfaces.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong background of ASIC Physical Design : Floor planning, P&R, extraction, IR Drop Analysis, Timing and Signal Integrity closure.
• Extensive experience and detailed knowledge in Cadence or Synopsys or Magma physical Design Tools.
• Expertise in scripting languages such as PERL, TCL.
• Strong Physical Verification skill set.
• Static Timing Analysis in Primetime or Primetime-SI.
• Good written and oral communication skills. Ability to clearly document plans.
• Ability to interface with different teams and prioritize work based on project needs.

Qualifications :

Experience – 3 to 8 Years

Location : Hyderabad