Senior ASIC Physical Design Engineer
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Join the Cisco Acacia Communications team as a Senior Physical Design Engineer, developing intelligent transceivers for fiber optic transmission. You will drive RTL-to-GDSII implementation, optimize design flows, and collaborate to deliver high-performance networking chips.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive RTL-to-GDSII implementation for advanced nodes (sub-7nm to 2nm)
- Define and execute hierarchical floor planning, place and route, clock and power distribution, and timing convergence strategies
- Perform static timing analysis (STA), setup reviews, and sign-offs for multi-mode/multi-corner designs; develop automated scripts within STA tools
- Implement and manage timing ECO strategies
- Collaborate closely with RTL and DFT designers to debug and root-cause physical implementation issues related to design, tools, etc.
- Evaluate and implement new timing methodologies; provide creative debugging solutions
- Contribute to best practices and drive methodology alignment across projects
Requirements
- 7+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of related experience with a Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
- Hands-on experience in ASIC physical design and implementation
- Experience with place & route using tools such as Cadence Innovus, Synopsys ICC2, or industry equivalent tools
- Experience with industry standard CAD methodologies (Cadence, Synopsys, or Mentor)
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or Masters degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
- 7+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years with a Master's degree in ASIC physical design and implementation
Nice to Have
- Experience with floor planning & partitioning, formal equivalence check, Clock Tree Synthesis, timing closure, signal integrity, EMIR
- Experience with Static Timing Analysis including tools such as PrimeTime-DMSA or Tempus
- Experience with Scripting using languages such as TCL, Perl, Python, etc.
- Synthesis experience including Synopsys DC/FC
- Formal Verification experience using tools such Synopsys Formality or Cadence LEC
- Experience with Power Integrity including tools such as Apache Redhawk or Voltus
- Physical Verification DRC/LVS experience including tools such as Synopsys ICV or Mentor Calibre
Skills
* Required skills
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