Are you an experienced Staff Physical Design Engineer looking for your next challenge?
Aion Silicon is actively building a pipeline of talented engineers for future opportunities, and we’d love to hear from skilled professionals who are passionate about Physical Design. With design centres across the UK, Spain, Hyderabad, and Morocco, we offer the flexibility to base this role in any of our integral locations. If you’re interested in exploring future opportunities with us, please click the link below to apply and register your interest.
Purpose of role
The Staff Physical Design Engineer is expected to work as part of a Physical implementation design team. Within the team the designer will have responsibility for block development and possibly full chip responsibility from RTL to GDS and will be expected to be diligent their ownership of the responsibilities assigned to them. They will also be able manage a team of 2-3 engineers of lower grade and be responsible for their line management and if appropriate day-to-day tasks.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to physical design projects with little guidance and can work independently.
- Capable of solving problems of moderate complexity.
- Apply judgment in interpreting results and conducting quantitative analysis.
- Maintain a high quality in their work.
- Take multiple assignments from different customers/Teams.
- Interact with more experienced team members to resolve problems.
- Show ability in many tools or be an expert in one or two. Examples: Synthesis, PnR, Formal verification, Custom layout techniques, Analog simulation, and Chip finishing.
- Contribute to technical white papers.
- May contribute to sales support as part of a team, such as Statement of Work.
- Maintain accurate time keeping.
- Self-disciplined in executing design tasks.
- Team leader of a team of 2-3 engineers or be able to train junior engineers.
Qualifications
- A degree/masters or PhD in a relevant subject.
Skills & experience
- Typically, 5+ years’ experience.
- Good tapeout experience on multiple technologies 3nm, 5nm, 7nm, 12nm, 16nm, 22nm, 28nm.
- Worked on DRC, LVS, ANTENNA, ERC physical verification checks.
- Good work experience and understanding of concepts in Synthesis, Floorplanning, Placement, CTS, Routing, STA.
- Input skill set one or more of the following: PnR using either Synopsys ICC, Cadence EDI, Mentor Olympus, Synthesis using either Synopsys DC or Cadence RC, Experience with Formality or Formal Pro, Experience with Mentor Calibre or Synopsys IC Validator.
- Serves as an independent individual contributor to technical project.
- Demonstrates capability as a problem solver with an ability to work individually or as part of a team.
- Evaluates issues and defines solutions as part of a team.
- Broadens cross-disciplinary knowledge through new assignments.
Attributes
- Self-organisation and ability to respond to changing priorities quickly.
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