Senior Physical Design Engineer - IC Design

To support Physical Design-related project activities for the MPU32, MCU32, WSG and CPG Business Unitsin Microchip. The products focus is on 32-bit microprocessors, microcontrollers, and wireless design andimplementation.

• Implement all aspects of physical design such as floor planning, placement optimization, clock tree synthesis, routing, crosstalk avoidance, and physical verification.
  
• Utilize hierarchical systems-level design techniques to build designs exceeding multi-million gates.
  
• Working on the place and route methodologies and low power methodologies.
  
• Must be a self-motivated team player who can collaborate with multiple teams across ageographically diverse company to achieve desired design goals.
  

Detailed job functions include:

• Timing closure support to maximize process node capability.
  
• Clock tree setup/debug and synthesis for optimal QoR.
  
• General physical implementation procedures.
  
• Multi-voltage island-based floorplan design and support.
  
• Flow development and automation implementation.
  
• Delivering Physical Verification-clean designs.
  
• Die size estimation and Bond out approval.
  
• Interfacing with external vendors and IP sources to resolve problems.
  
• Working with members from international design/implementation teams.
  

Requirements

Requirements/Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years or more applicable technical experience in the physical and timing-related aspects of IC design.The design task requires experience in the following Physical Design-related activities:

• Advanced knowledge of VLSI logic principles, clock tree synthesis & debug, and design timing closure.
  
• Advanced knowledge of place and route methodologies and low power methodologies.
  
• Experience with 40nm or 28nm technologies is required.
  
• Detailed systems-level floorplanning.
  
• Power network planning.
  
• Multi-voltage/low power implementation techniques.
  
• Power integrity and reliability (EM & IR) analysis.
  
• The successful candidate should have:
  
• Detailed knowledge of ICC/ICC2 or Innovus and Redhawk toolsets.
  
• Proficiency in Tcl and Perl scripting is essential.
  
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills.
  
• Good verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
  

Job Requirements: Develop and implement functional, performance and system level/use-case validation of 32 bit microcontrollers Experience with Microcontrollers, FPGAs, and in general, Embedded Systems. Familiar with embedded ARM Cortex M family, RISC-V, MIPS is preferred Experience with communication busses (GPIB, RS-232, RS-485, SPI/QSPI, I2C, I2S, USB, EBI, Ethernet, etc.). Experience with Embedded firmware development and should have strong hands-on knowledge of embedded C programming language Candidate will have the primary role of creating, auditing, and overseeing test procedures, validation plans, data collection, post-processing of validation data, reports, and documenting results. Candidate should be familiar with using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Power Supplies, Arbitrary Waveform and Pulse generators, etc. Fluent in use of PCB schematics and layout. Develop performance tests for determining circuit margin and datasheet parameters. Develop automated lab-based testing of microcontroller for both digital and analog modules at the unit level and at the full chip level and should be able to troubleshoot and resolve issues found during validation Design or assist in the development of new testing infrastructure for use within the validation team Drive design recommendations to improve the validation process, such as enhancements to test software and hardware environments, lab equipment usage, and data management. Work with the validation team on customer support requests for released products. Work in an international environment (Europe, Asia, USA) with diverse functional groups (Architecture, Analog/Digital Design, Applications, Marketing, Product and Test Engineering). Qualifications & Experience: Candidate must be a College Graduate with a Bachelor s degree in Electrical / Electronic or Computer Engineering (or equivalent). Candidate should have 6 to 8 years of related work experience. Required Skills : Experience with Clock subsystem and Reset subsystems (BOR, POR, Bandgap, WDT etc.) and exposure to Analog peripherals (ADCs, DACs, Comparators, Op-AMPs, CTMU). Exposure to bench automation tools(NI Tools - LabView/TestStand) and scripting languages is add-on Experience in application development, system level test development Strong analytical and problem-solving / debug skills. Code and System debugging skills using in circuit emulators and lab equipment such as oscilloscope/logic analyzer. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to work well in a team environment and adapt real-time. Able to think of test cases and customer usage model that may violate the assumptions of designers and architects. Able to prioritize tasks and execute to rigorous and dynamic schedules. Able to understand and generate board schematics, , board design - schematic entry, BOM creation, net list generation (logical board design) Comprehensive record keeping and detailed debugging notes.