Principal ASIC Physical Design Engineer

QuEST GlobalKarnataka, India

19 hours ago

Job description

DIRECT Applicants - may write to Email : Sunil.Chandran@quest-global.com

We are recruiting for below roles

ASIC Physical Design Principal Engineer RTL2GDS : 15 - 25 Years
Senior Technical Architect - SoC (System on Chip) Physical Design : 15 - 25 Years

Role Summary :

This is a deep technical leadership role focused on architecting and guiding turnkey SoC physical design projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on expertise in RTL2GDS implementation at advanced nodes (3nm / 5nm), be customer-facing, and capable of owning project methodology, technical quality, and solution engineering end to end.

Key Responsibilities :

Turnkey Delivery Leadership

Define and drive end-to-end RTL-to-GDSII flows, tailored for customer-specific technology, tools, and deliverables.

Lead complex top-level and hierarchical SoC designs, ensuring quality and signoff compliance.

Guide floorplan strategy, power planning, PPA closure, IR / EM signoff, and integration challenges.

Customer Engagement

Understand customer requirements and provide technical solutions, execution strategies, and staffing recommendations.

Interface with customer architects and stakeholders for reviews, issue resolution, and milestones.

Technical Mentorship

Mentor physical design teams on advanced technology node implementation, complex SoC partitioning, and tool optimizations.

Review block-level signoff issues, methodology gaps, and drive technical excellence across projects.

Flow Development and Innovation

Own and refine PD reference flows, checklists, automation scripts, and ECO methodologies.

Drive low power implementation (UPF), hierarchical signoff closure, and flow correlation across synthesis, STA, and physical domains.

Work Experience

Skills & Experience Required :

15–22 years of hands-on experience in physical design implementation. Lead multiple complex design Tapeouts on advance tech nodes.

Deep Expertise in PD tools and flows covering synthesis, STA, PNR, Signoff domain. Eg. Synopsys Fusion Compiler, ICC2, PrimeTime, ICV, Cadence Innovus / Tempus, Ansys RedHawk, Caliber, UPF, CLP etc..

Strong grasp of low power flows, multi-voltage / multi-Vt, UPF, and power intent checks.

Experience in managing or technically driving multiple successful tapeouts (including full-chip or subsystems).

Strong scripting in TCL, Python, and ability to drive flow optimizations.

Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and documentation skills.

Prior customer-facing or solution architect experience preferred.

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