Physical Design Manager

Ideal Candidate:

An engineer with 8–12 years of experience who has led complex SoC physical design projects, worked on advanced technology nodes, contributed to methodology development, and demonstrated strong technical leadership and mentoring skills.

This role is for a senior Physical Design engineer with expertise in full-chip implementation at advanced technology nodes (7nm/5nm/3nm) and exposure to advanced packaging technologies such as Chiplets, 2.5D/3D IC, or HBM.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end full-chip physical design from floorplanning to signoff.
• Define and improve physical design methodologies, automation, and implementation flows.
• Evaluate and adopt new process technologies and design techniques.
• Collaborate with RTL, DFT, Packaging, Foundry, and STA teams to resolve design challenges.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Drive timing, power, area, congestion, and signoff closure while resolving critical technical issues.
• Establish design quality metrics and continuously improve implementation efficiency.

Required Skills:

• Full-Chip Physical Design
• Floorplanning, Placement, CTS, Routing, Timing Closure
• Physical Verification (DRC/LVS), IR Drop, EM, SI
• Advanced nodes (7nm or below)
• Advanced Packaging (Chiplets, 2.5D/3D IC, HBM)
• EDA Tools: Cadence Innovus, Synopsys ICC2, PrimeTime, Calibre
• Scripting: Tcl/Python (preferred)