Senior Physical Design Signoff Engineer

San Jose, CA, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 7 hours ago
Contract W2
Contract Independent
12 Months
No Travel Required
On-site
Depends on Experience
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Skills

  • EMIR
  • Static Timing Analysis
  • Integrated Circuit
  • Physical Data Model

Summary

Job Title: Senior Physical Design Signoff Engineer (Top-Level SoC)

Location: SanJose CA

Contract

Experience: 8+ Years

 

Job Summary

We are hiring experienced Physical Design Signoff Engineers for advanced-node SoC projects (7nm/5nm/3nm). Candidates should have strong expertise in full-chip signoff with multiple successful tapeouts and the ability to drive signoff-to-tapeout closure independently.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead top-level signoff activities for high-performance SoCs.
  • Collaborate with RTL, PD, STA, Power Integrity, Clocking, and Foundry teams.
  • Drive timing, power integrity, clock, and reliability closure.
  • Debug and resolve full-chip implementation/signoff issues.
  • Improve signoff methodologies for better TAT and PPA.

Required Expertise (Any One Area)

EMIR / Power Integrity

  • IR Drop, EM analysis, PDN optimization
  • Tools: RedHawk-SC, Voltus

Timing / STA

  • MMMC timing closure, ECOs, full-chip STA
  • Tools: PrimeTime/PT-SI, Tempus

Clock Distribution

  • CTS, H-Tree/Mesh clock architecture, skew optimization
  • Tools: Innovus, ICC2

Required Skills

  • 8+ years in Physical Design/Signoff
  • Experience with 2–3 tapeouts on 7nm/5nm/3nm
  • Strong knowledge of OCV, AOCV/POCV, statistical timing
  • Scripting: Tcl, Python, Perl
  • Excellent debugging and communication skills

Preferred

  • Experience with HPC, AI accelerators, large-scale SoCs
  • Familiarity with TSMC/Samsung/Intel signoff flows
  • 2.5D/3D IC packaging experience is a plus

 

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  • Dice Id: 90963896
  • Position Id: 8968068
  • Posted 1 day ago
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