ob Title : Physical Design Lead
Location : [Insert Location]
Department : Engineering / ASIC Design
Experience : 5+ years in physical design
Key Responsibilities :
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in ECE / Electronics / EEE or related field.
- 3 + years of physical design / back-end implementation experience (block-level or SoC) in VLSI.
- Proven experience in floor-planning, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, sign-off physical verification (DRC / LVS / antenna).
- Hands-on with EDA tools : Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor (specifically tools like ICC2, Fusion Compiler, Innovus, PrimeTime, Tempus).
- Strong understanding of timing closure concepts : setup / hold violations, timing paths, PVT corners, multi-mode multi-corner.
- Good knowledge of power, area, performance trade-offs; power-optimization techniques.
- Good scripting knowledge (Tcl, Perl, Python) for automation of PD flows.
- Ability to analyze and debug physical design issues such as congestion, IR-drop, EM, signal integrity, crosstalk.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
Execute block-level / subsystem or full-chip physical implementation flow : floor-planning, power-planning, placement, clock-tree-synthesis (CTS), routing, optimization.Work on timing closure : static timing analysis (STA), timing-driven placement & routing, working across PVT corners, on-chip variation, multi-corner multi-mode (MCMM).Perform physical verification sign-off : DRC, LVS, antenna, ERC checks; ensure full compliance for GDSII hand-off. tessolve.comHandle power integrity, signal integrity, IR-drop, electromigration (EM) issues, and noise / crosstalk mitigation.Work with low-power design techniques : power gating, multi-voltage domains, clock gating.Use industry-standard EDA tools (Synopsys ICC2 / Fusion Compiler, Cadence Innovus, Mentor Olympus, PrimeTime / Tempus) and scripting (Tcl, Perl, Python) for automation. Foundit+1Collaborate with front-end, DFT, verification, package teams for design convergence, timing / area / power trade-offs.Debug physical implementation issues (placement congestion, routing bottlenecks, timing violations, DRC / LVS failures) and propose solutions.Participate in sign-off flows, tape-out readiness, hand-off to foundry / assembly / test teams.Maintain documentation (floor-plan, power-plan, partitioning reports, sign-off checklists) and contribute to PD methodology / flow improvements.