Physical Design Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Penang, Malaysia

This role focuses on the physical design of custom IP and SoC for high-performance computing applications, covering the full RTL-to-GDS flow. Responsibilities include synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, verification, and optimization using EDA tools, with a strong emphasis on scripting for automation and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute RTL-to-GDS implementation of custom IP and SoC designs, including synthesis, place-and-route, clock tree synthesis, and floor planning.
  2. Conduct comprehensive static timing analysis, power and noise analysis, and reliability assessments to meet stringent design specifications.
  3. Perform verification and signoff, including formal equivalence verification, layout verification, and static and dynamic power integrity checks.
  4. Identify and resolve design violations, optimizing for parameters such as power, frequency, and area.
  5. Develop and refine physical design methodologies, leveraging EDA tools to enhance automation and workflow efficiency.

Skills

Required

  • RTL-to-GDS tools and methodologies
  • Synthesis
  • Place-and-route
  • Clock tree synthesis
  • Floor planning
  • Static timing analysis
  • SDC development
  • Timing budgeting
  • Timing signoff
  • Primetime
  • Perl
  • TCL
  • Python
  • Shell scripting
  • EDA tools
  • Low-power design techniques
  • Multi-power domain analysis
  • Multiple tape-outs

Nice to have

  • I/O and IP timing budget development
  • Verilog
  • VHDL
  • Mentoring junior team members

What the JD emphasized

  • 6 or more years of experience in the structural/physical design domain with a Bachelor's degree, four or more years with a Master's degree, or two or more years with a PhD
  • Proficiency in RTL-to-GDS tools and methodologies
  • Deep expertise in static timing analysis
  • Strong scripting skills
  • Extensive knowledge of EDA tools and flows
  • Experience in multiple tape-outs for deep sub-micron process nodes