Physical Design Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Bangalore, India

Performs physical design implementation of custom IP and SoC designs from RTL to GDS, covering synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, static timing analysis, power/clock distribution, reliability, and power/noise analysis. Conducts verification and signoff including formal equivalence verification, static timing analysis, reliability verification, static and dynamic power integrity, layout verification, electrical rule checking, and structural design checking. Optimizes design for power, frequency, and area, and participates in methodology development and flow automation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Performs physical design implementation of custom IP and SoC designs from RTL to GDS to create a design database that is ready for manufacturing.
  2. Conducts all aspects of the physical design flow including synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, static timing analysis, power/clock distribution, reliability, and power and noise analysis.
  3. Conducts verification and signoff including formal equivalence verification, static timing analysis, reliability verification, static and dynamic power integrity, layout verification, electrical rule checking, and structural design checking.
  4. Analyzes results and makes recommendations to fix violations for current and future product architecture.
  5. Possesses expertise in various aspects of structural and physical design, including physical clock design, timing closure, coverage analysis, multiple power domain analysis, placing, routing, synthesis, and DFT using industry standard EDA tools.

Skills

Required

  • Synthesis
  • place and route
  • timing analysis
  • optimization
  • IR drop analysis
  • reliability analysis
  • layout verification
  • backend sign off for SoC designs

Nice to have

  • automation
  • collaboration across design, clocking teams
  • timing validation
  • analytical and problem-solving skills
  • innovate methodologies for efficient design processes