Lead Physical Design Design Engineer (IP-Group)

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

We are looking for an innovative, dedicated engineer who has a broad and general fascination with the ASIC Netlist-GDS physical design and who can be an independent problem solver without depending too much on flow running.

Responsibilities:

• Work on challenging DDR PHY IP & Testchip Physical Design from Netlist-to-GDS in tech nodes below 7nm.
• Take ownership of one or more physical design blocks includes all of, floorplan, CTS, PNR, QRC, STA, PV & IR.
• Contribute to design methodology, flow automation.
• Innovate & implement Power, Performance and Area optimization techniques.
• Participate in IP release to customers and support team on standardize & document learnings.

Key Skills: Netlist-GDS physical design, 7nm+ Technology nodes, CTS and Custom Clocking, STA, PV, scripting tcl & python.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience and in depth knowledge on Netlist-GDS physical design.
• Experience on sub 7nm tech nodes.
• Good hands on experience on scripting tcl & python.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in hardening DDR PHY designs.
• Experience in physical synthesis and constraints design.
• Experience in Cadence tools Innovus, Genus, Tempus & Voltus.
• Experience in RDL routing, PERC ESD checks.
• Lower Tech node N3, Samsung N5,N4 knowledge is a plus.

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