• Physical Design Engineer

    IBM (Poughkeepsie, NY)


    Introduction

     

    IBM Z Hardware Development is seeking an experienced physical design engineer for development of our next-generation Z processor. You will be working as part of a global chip design team to design and build one of the highest-performance processors in the world on cutting-edge technology nodes.

    Your role and responsibilities

    * Partner with the broader design team to drive the physical design of a complex, high-frequency processor chip including RTL synthesis, placement and routing, power performance area (PPA) optimization, design rule checking (DRC), and timing closure.

    * Provide physical design feedback to logic owners and other stakeholders to ensure the design is on the best path to closure and delivery to manufacturing

    * Apply your experience to mentor junior engineers, improve physical design methodology, and increase the overall efficiency of your team

    Required technical and professional expertise

    * Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science and 4 years of experience in a hardware physical design role, or Master’s Degree and 3 years of experience.

    * Demonstrated experience in scripting and methodology flows.

    * Experience in physical design closure.

    * Demonstrated communication skills in a global team environment..

    Preferred technical and professional experience

    * Experience with EDA tools from Cadence, Synopsys, etc. Experience with IBM EDA tools is an added benefit

    * Experience with scripting languages used in hardware design like Tcl, Python, SKILL, etc

    * Experience in custom layout

    * Exposure to integration methods and requirements

    * Exposure to static timing analysis and noise analysis

     

    IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.