Physical Design Engineer

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San Jose, CA
In-Office
120K-192K Annually
Semiconductor
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Job Description:

Broadcom is looking for a senior level physical design engineer. In this highly visible role, you will be contributing to SerDes connectivity ASICs for highly integrated data center products.

Qualifications include:

  • MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 6+ years of experience in Physical design. 

  • Deep knowledge about industry standards in Physical Design, Physical aware synthesis, Floorplanning, CTS and place and route.

  • Experience in developing and implementing Power-grid and high speed clock constraints and specification.

  • Good understanding of physical design verification methodology to debug LVS/DRC issues at the chip and block level.

  • Experience with CDC, static timing analysis methodologies and relevant tools.

  • Exposure to SDF annotated simulations with good understanding of parasitic delays.

  • Understanding and experience of mixed signal environments is a must.

  • Candidates must be familiar with Virtuoso, Caliber & Redhawk (power analysis) tools.

  • Good understanding of design tape-out to foundries and solid understanding of supply chain for IC Product development.

  • Scripting experience with Perl, Python, tcl, shell and drive to automate flows

Highly Desired Qualifications:

- Understanding of backend Cadence tools.

- Deep understanding of Signal Integrity and Power Integrity for High Speed designs.

- Proactive, collaborative and creative approach to innovation, technical development and consensus facilitation to influence optimal project results. 

- Excellent time and task management, and interpersonal skills. 

Additional Job Description:

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $192,000.

 

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.

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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
38,985 Employees
Year Founded: 1991

What We Do

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs,
develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.

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