ASIC Physical Design Engineer

Location: Hyderabad

Department: Custom Design

About the Role 

Ceremorphic AI hardware combines knowledge across many domains, including AI, compilers, computer architecture, analog circuits, and memories.

The candidate would own and drive the physical implementation of next-generation SOCs and assume the below responsibilities.

• Understand the requirements and define physical implementation methodologies.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, front end, and CAD teams to deliver high-quality physical designs.
• Implement and verify designs at all levels of hierarchy in the SOC.
• Interact with foundry over matters of technology, schedule, and signoff
• Supervise resource allocation and scheduling.
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Key Requirements

• Hands-on expertise in all of the following areas: Floorplanning, Power planning, Logic and clock tree synthesis, Placement, Timing Closure, Routing, Extraction, Physical Verification (DRC & LVS), Crosstalk Analysis, EM/IR
• Full chip/ top-level expertise in multiple chip tape-outs.
• Good understanding of SCAN, BIST, and ATPG.
• Strong background in TCL/Perl programming is a must.
• Expertise in double patterning process nodes is desirable.
• Expertise in Cadence RTL-to-GDSII flow is preferred.