Principal Engineer/Manager, ASIC Physical Design

As a Principal Engineer/Manager, ASIC Physical Design, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership in developing novel/game-changing cellular infrastructure radio and ASIC solutions. You will be a key contributor to our solutions features, architectures, device functional specifications, and performance. Your primary responsibilities include providing technical guidance on block physical implementation to a multi-site team of engineers, determining project requirements, driving the chip integration of large SOCs, efficiently delegating and tracking tasks, and supporting other discipline teams to bring the SoC device to successful mass production.

This full-time position is in San Jose, CA, but either the Irvine or San Diego location is also an option.

Key Responsibilities:       

• Drive chip level integration of digital and analog IPs and provide technical direction
• Contribute to all aspects of ASIC integration effort including floor planning, clock and power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning, and hard IP integration
• Perform block-level implementation using place and route techniques to meet area/timing and power requirements when needed.
• Drive clock tree planning and implementation to achieve the best energy, performance, and area goals
• Resolve design and flow issues related to physical design, identify potential solutions, and drive execution
• Work directly with the Synthesis/Timing Team to ensure Design closure
• Manage quality deliverables and execute excellent physical designs in a timely manner

Job Qualifications: 

• MS in Electrical Engineering plus 20 or more years of experience in ASIC physical design 
• Significant experience in chip assembly process of large SOCs in advanced process nodes
• Able to contribute as an individual contributor on block level physical implementation, P&R 
• Deep understanding of Physical Design, Integration, STA, and Physical Verification
• Expert in full-chip Formal verification, signal EM, IR-drop analysis, STA, and physical verification.
• Hands-on experience in block-level floor-planning, power planning, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, LVS/DRC/ERC, timing closure, signoff, and engineering change orders (ECO's)
• Knowledge and skills in optimizing PPA through floor-planning, placement and timing constraints, useful skew, and similar techniques
• Experience with the Cadence digital EDA toolset (Innovus / Quantus / Tempus / Conformal)
• Ability to use scripting languages to automate process flow
• Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with DFT flow
• Ability to be proactive and have a strategic mindset in addition to having tactical problem-solving experience
• Familiarity with industry-standard interfaces

Compensation and Benefits:

At InnoPhase, our compensation package includes base pay and pre-IPO stock options. The base pay range for this role is between $140K-$225K. Your base pay will depend on the market, interview results, skills, qualifications, experience, education, and location. Our employee benefits include a comprehensive group health plan, matching 401(k), training reimbursement, and various paid leaves (vacation, sick, holidays, maternity/paternity leave, jury). Visit our website to learn more about our employee benefits.