Senior Cpu Physical Design Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Haifa, Israel +1

Senior CPU Physical Design Engineer responsible for the design and delivery of high-performance CPU blocks from RTL to GDS, including synthesis, floorplanning, place and route, CTS, timing closure, and verification. Requires 10+ years of experience with industry-standard EDA tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and deliver high‑performance CPU blocks from RTL to GDS, ready for manufacturing.
  2. Execute full physical design flow—including synthesis, floorplanning , place and route, CTS, timing closure, power/clock distribution, and reliability, power, and noise analysis.
  3. Lead verification and sign‑off (STA, equivalence, power integrity, LVS/DRC/ERC, and structural checks) to final convergence.
  4. Optimize designs for power, performance, and area using industry‑standard EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor, Ansys).
  5. Contribute to methodology and automation improvements.

Skills

Required

  • Physical design
  • RTL
  • GDS
  • Synthesis
  • Floorplanning
  • Place and route
  • CTS
  • Timing closure
  • Power/clock distribution
  • Reliability, power, and noise analysis
  • Verification
  • STA
  • Equivalence checking
  • Power integrity analysis
  • LVS
  • DRC
  • ERC
  • Structural checks
  • EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor, Ansys)

Nice to have

  • Mentor junior engineers

What the JD emphasized

  • 10 years of experience in physical design using industry‑standard EDA tools