Physical Design Engineer

This range is provided by Socionext US. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience - talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $170,000.00/yr - $210,000.00/yr Direct message the job poster from Socionext US Physical Design Engineer - Milpitas, CA Description Socionext Inc. (SNI) is an innovative enterprise that designs, develops, and delivers System-on-Chip products to customers worldwide. The company is focused on AR/VR, imaging, networking, storage and other dynamic technologies that drive today's leading-edge applications. Socionext combines world-class expertise, experience, and an extensive IP portfolio to provide exceptional solutions and ensure a better quality of experience for customers. Founded in 2015, Socionext Inc. is headquartered in Yokohama, and has offices in Japan, Asia, United States and Europe to lead its product development and sales activities. Socionext America Inc. (SNA), a wholly owned subsidiary of SNI. We are seeking a Physical Design Engineer . This is a hands-on technical position and will have opportunities to work on a variety of challenging designs. Critical to this position is the ability to articulate technical discussions with ASIC Customers and design teams and work closely with customer, frontend and integration teams to ensure successful tape outs. Primary Responsibilities: Pre-layout STA to ascertain feasibility, timing constraint validation and feedback to customers and design teams Chip/Block Level Floorplanning and pin assignment Review top-level/block-level clock specifications for completeness and feasibility Handle all the Physical design tasks (Placement, Timing Optimization, Clock Tree Synthesis, Routing) Perform sign-off tasks (RC Extraction, Static Timing Analysis, IR drop analysis and Physical Verification) Presentations and Customer Interaction in customer meetings Necessary Qualifications: BSEE, with 5+ years of experience or equivalent experience. MSEE preferred. Experience in ASIC Physical Design; Experience in an SoC product development organization with tape outs at 28nm/16nm design nodes and lower. Hands-on Experience with implementation EDA tools like ICC2/Innovus. Scripting (Perl/Tcl/Python) is required. Good understanding of ASIC frontend design. Experience in both Flat and Hierarchical layouts. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze and resolve physical design issues related to library, timing constraints or CAD tools is required. Experience with power analysis and IR-drop tools (prime power/Redhawk) and Static Timing Analysis (Primetime). Experience with Physical Verification and fix PV errors in layout. Expert handling of Verilog HDL based Netlists, Physical design libraries. Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills; ability to explain processes and answer customer questions during meetings. Seniority level Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing Industries Semiconductor Manufacturing Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Socionext US by 2x Inferred from the description for this job Medical insurance Vision insurance 401(k) Disability insurance Get notified when a new job is posted. Sign in to set job alerts for Physical Design Engineer roles. Sunnyvale, CA $142,000.00-$203,000.00 6 hours ago SoC Physical Design Engineer, Implementation Sunnyvale, CA $173,000.00-$249,000.00 2 weeks ago Santa Clara, CA $108,000.00-$212,750.00 12 hours ago San Jose, CA $150,000.00-$275,000.00 1 week ago Physical Design Engineer, Custom Datapath ASIC/SOC Silicon Physical Design Engineer Mountain View, CA $120,000.00-$400,000.00 7 months ago Santa Clara, CA $118,000.00-$216,000.00 19 hours ago Santa Clara, CA $118,000.00-$216,000.00 1 day ago Physical Design Engineer (Place & Route) CPU Physical Design - Low Power Signoff Engineer Physical Design Engineer, Static Timing Analysis, Google Cloud SOC/ASIC Physical Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) Sunnyvale, CA $130,000.00-$155,000.00 1 day ago Sr. SOC/ASIC Physical Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) Sunnyvale, CA $170,000.00-$230,000.00 4 hours ago Sr. Physical Design Engineer, Annapurna Labs Cupertino, CA $143,300.00-$247,600.00 4 hours ago ASIC Physical Design Engineer, Annapurna Labs We're unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.