Physical Design Architect

Abal Technologies - San Jose, CA

Full-time

San Jose, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Physical Design Architect role is focused on defining and driving the physical architecture of high-speed digital designs, particularly in advanced process nodes. This position requires collaboration with various teams throughout the design cycle and involves hands-on work with industry-standard tools for synthesis and place-and-route (PnR). The architect will also be responsible for ensuring design closure through comprehensive sign-off processes.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the logic design team to define physical architecture and drive physical aspects during the design cycle.
• Collaborate across teams including physical design, logic design, package, DFT, and test.
• Perform hands-on synthesis and PnR using industry-standard tools for high-speed digital designs in advanced process nodes.
• Conduct all aspects of sign-off including power, timing, physical verification checks, and design closure.

Requirements

• 15-20 years of experience in Physical Design and timing closure.
• Hands-on experience in synthesis, PnR, and STA using Cadence/Synopsys tools for complex digital designs in 7nm and below.
• Experience with multiple large SoC tapeouts in advanced nodes, including hands-on experience in chip-level physical design and STA closure.
• Strong experience in SOC/ASIC/GPU/CPU design flows on taped out designs, with expertise in timing closure at block/chip levels and ECO flows.