You will work on physical design implementation of Optical Network ASICs and will be learning latest technology nodes and developing flow , doing implementation to achieve best in class ASICs , which are optimized for power, performance and area metrics.
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- Perform physical implementation steps including floor planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, physical verification and timing closure at block level as well as full chip
- Work with logic designers & Hardware team to drive feasibility studies and explore design trade-off for physical design closure
Perform technical evaluations of IP vendors, process nodes and provide recommendations - Develop physical design methodologies and automation scripts for various implementation steps from Synthesis to GDSII
- Perform static timing analysis, create timing constraints and validation, critical path analysis, timing closure and timing sign-off
- Perform Physical verification and IR/EM analysis on blocks as well as top
- 8+ years of experience in ASIC physical design flow and methodologies in 3/5 and 7nm process nodes
- Has solid knowledge of full design cycle from RTL to GDSII and understanding of underlaying concepts of IC design, implementation flows and methodologies for deep submicron design
- Experience with EDA Place & Route tools like Fusion Compiler or Innovus or similar tools and Timing tools like Primetime or similar, PV tools like Calibre and IR tools like Redhawk
- Scripting experience in TCL, python or Perl
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical/Electronics and Communication/VLSI/Microelectronics with very good academics
Strong sense of ownership - Experience integrating IP from both internal and external vendors and be able to specify and drive IP requirements in the physical domain is required
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in ASIC physical design flow and methodologies in 3/5 and 7nm process nodes
- Solid knowledge of full design cycle from RTL to GDSII
- Experience with EDA Place & Route tools and Timing tools
- Scripting experience in TCL, python or Perl
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical/Electronics and Communication/VLSI/Microelectronics
- Experience integrating IP from internal and external vendors
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