SoC Physical Design Engineer

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📍 ItalyFull time

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You will work on physical design implementation of Optical Network ASICs and will be learning latest technology nodes and developing flow, doing implementation to achieve best in class ASICs, which are optimized for power, performance and area metrics.

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  • Perform physical implementation steps including floor planning, place and route, power/clock distribution,  physical verification and timing closure at block level as well as full chip
  • Work with logic designers & Hardware team to drive feasibility studies and explore design trade-off for physical design closure
  • Perform technical evaluations of IP vendors, process nodes  and provide recommendations
  • Develop physical design methodologies and automation scripts for various implementation steps from Synthesis to GDSII
  • Perform static timing analysis, create timing constraints and validation, critical path analysis, timing closure and timing sign-off
  • Perform Physical verification and IR/EM analysis on blocks as well as top  
  • 3+ years of experience in ASIC physical design flow and methodologies in 3/5 and 7nm process nodes
  • Has solid knowledge of full design cycle from RTL to GDSII and understanding of underlaying concepts of IC design, implementation flows and methodologies for deep submicron design
  • Experience with EDA Place & Route tools like Fusion Compiler or Innovus or similar tools and Timing tools like Primetime or similar, PV tools like Calibre and IR tools like Redhawk
  • Scripting experience in TCL, python or Perl
  • Candidates must have a bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical/Electronics and Communication/VLSI/Microelectronics with very good academics

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SoC Physical Design Engineer
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