- Bachelor's or a Master’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years of expereince is required.
- All aspects of ASIC Physical implementation including Floor planning, Clock and Power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning and hard IP integration.
- Hierarchical design implementation approach, Timing closure, physical convergence.
- Power Integrity Analysis
- Experience with large designs (>100M gates) utilizing state of the art sub 16/14/7/5/3nm technologies.
- Analyzes current generation quality and efficiency gaps to identify proper incremental or evolutionary changes to the existing physical design related Tools, Flow and Methodology.
- Work closely with various teams such as physical design, RTL, DFT, tool/flow owners, and EDA vendors to improve physical design methodologies.
- Good understanding of different CTS strategies and providing the feedback to Implementation Team.
- As member of physical design team, drive methodologies and “best known methods” to streamline and automate physical design work.
- STA setup, convergence methodology, reviews and sign-off for Multi-Mode and Multi-corner designs.
- Good at Timing ECO Implementation strategy development/convergence. Should have an experience in enabling the Tweaker/Primetime based ECO flows.
- Work on Automation scripts within STA tools for Methodology development Excellent debugging skills in implementation issues and ability to produce creative solutions.
- Evaluate multiple timing methodologies/tools on different designs and technology nodes.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years of experience
- All aspects of ASIC physical implementation including floor planning, clock and power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning and hard IP integration
- Hierarchical design implementation approach, timing closure, and physical convergence
- Power integrity analysis experience
- Experience with large designs (>100M gates) in sub-16/14/7/5/3nm process technologies
- Analyze and improve physical design tools, flow, and methodology
- Collaborate with physical design, RTL, DFT, tool/flow owners, and EDA vendors to improve methodologies
- Good understanding of CTS strategies and feedback to implementation teams
- Drive methodologies and automation to streamline physical design work
- STA setup, convergence methodology, reviews and sign-off for multi-mode multi-corner designs
- Timing ECO implementation strategy and experience enabling Tweaker/PrimeTime based ECO flows
- Work on automation scripts within STA tools and strong debugging skills in implementation issues
- Evaluate multiple timing methodologies/tools across designs and technology nodes
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