• Physical Design Engineer

    MetaOption, LLC (Milpitas, CA)


    Physical Design Engineer – Milpitas, CA

     

    We're looking for a hands-on Physical Design Engineer to support complex SoC projects for our client who designs and delivers advanced System-on-Chip solutions across multiple emerging technologies. They provide high-performance custom solutions for cutting-edge applications. You'll collaborate with customers, frontend, and integration teams to ensure successful tape-outs, contributing across all phases of physical design. Profile of preferred candidate includes 10 + years of hands-on experience, custom ASIC, strong communication skills, experience with multiple tape outs from inception, small company experience. Local candidates are preferred.

    Key Responsibilities:

    + Pre-layout STA for feasibility and timing constraint validation

    + Chip/block-level floorplanning and pin assignment

    + Clock spec review and clock tree synthesis

    + Placement, routing, and timing optimization

    + Sign-off tasks: RC extraction, STA, IR-drop analysis, and physical verification

    + Customer meetings and technical presentations

    Qualifications:

    + BSEE with 5+ years experience; MSEE preferred

    + Strong experience in ASIC physical design and SoC development (28nm/16nm)

    + Proficient in ICC2/Innovus, scripting (Perl/Tcl/Python)

    + Knowledge of frontend design and hierarchical layouts

    + Familiar with power/IR-drop tools (PrimePower/Redhawk) and STA (PrimeTime)

    + Skilled in PV tools and debugging PV errors

    + Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

     

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