AI Silicon Physical Design Engineer

Cerebras · Semiconductors · Headquarters +1 · Silicon

The AI Silicon Physical Design Engineer role at Cerebras focuses on the physical design and implementation of AI chips, specifically optimizing for power, performance, and area in high-speed designs. This involves synthesizing, placing, and routing, collaborating with RTL teams, and ensuring seamless integration into the full-chip architecture. The role requires extensive experience in physical design methodologies, timing closure, and verification tools, with a strong emphasis on scripting for flow enhancements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Synthesize, place, and route high speed designs.
  2. Experience the full spectrum of physical design and implementation, collaborating closely with the RTL team and integrating these blocks seamlessly into the full-chip architecture.
  3. Strong knowledge of block level and full-chip physical verification methodology.
  4. Strong experience in block/subsystem timing closure.
  5. Expert at optimizing for the best power/performance and area.

Skills

Required

  • physical design
  • physical verification
  • block level and full-chip physical verification methodology
  • block/subsystem timing closure
  • optimizing for power/performance and area
  • complete physical design flow
  • ICV or Calibre tools
  • DRC and LVS issues
  • IR/EM analysis and resolution
  • full chip floor planning and integration
  • scripting languages like Tcl and Python
  • flow enhancements
  • work with RTL teams to optimize for physical design
  • Design Compiler, Fusion Compiler, ICC2 or similar physical design tools
  • BS or MS in Electrical Engineering

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of Synopsys tool suite is a plus
  • Knowledge of CPU/GPU design a plus

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of physical design & physical verification experience.