Physical Design Engineer

Position 1 : Physical Design Engineer

Location : Palo Alto, CA (Full Onsite)

GC OR USC ONLY

Client : Tesla

Job ID : 166019

Number of Positions : 5

JD for PD:

• Exposure to TSMC 2NP/3NP is must
• Perform end‐to‐end physical design flow:
  • Floorplanning
  • Power planning (PG grid, IR)
  • Placement & optimization
  • CTS (Clock Tree Synthesis)
  • Routing
  • Post‐route optimization
• Achieve timing closure across all modes and corners
• Resolve DRC, LVS, ERC and signoff violations
• Handle low‐power design techniques:
  • Multi‐Vt, Multi‐voltage (UPF)
  • Power gating, clock gating
• Perform physical verification and signoff:
  • STA (Primetime)
  • SI / Crosstalk
  • IR drop & EM analysis
• Work on advanced nodes (7nm, 5nm, 3nm or below)
• Collaborate with:
  • RTL & Micro‐architecture teams
  • DFT & Test engineers
  • Foundry and CAD teams
• Debug complex timing, congestion, power, and variability issues
• Drive methodology improvements and automation (scripts/flows)