SoC Physical Design Engineer, Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS)

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As an SoC Physical Design Engineer in the Heterogeneous Integration Group (HIG) you will drive the implementation of advanced HBM SoC logic/base die designs from netlist to GDSII. You will work closely with RTL design verification DFT IP providers packaging/assembly and manufacturing teams to deliver bestinclass PPA (performance power area) and robust signoff collateral for tapeout. This is a handson role with opportunities to own blocks or toplevel integration across multiple product generations.

Key Responsibilities

• Own physical implementation for SoC blocks and/or top-level including floor planning placement CTS routing and physical optimization to meet PPA targets.
• Drive timing closure (setup/hold) across multi-mode/multi-corner (MMMC) scenarios; partner with RTL architecture and STA/signoff to converge designs.
• Collaborate with design and integration teams to ensure clean implementation of clocking/reset strategy power architecture and SoC integration requirements.
• Integrate and implement complex IP (e.g. controllers microcontrollers NOC interfaces MBIST/DFT logic buffers PHYadjacent logic) with focus on robust physical integration and timing/power integrity.
• Perform and/or coordinate physical signoff including DRC/LVS IR drop/EM and timing signoff addressing violations efficiently.
• Work with packaging assembly test probe and manufacturing stakeholders to ensure design meets manufacturability and quality requirements.
• Support tapeout execution (checklists ECO flows signoff reviews) and contribute to post-silicon debug by correlating silicon behavior with PD/STA/power analysis.
• Identify flow gaps and improve productivity through scripting/automation and best-practice methodology development.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience in SoC physical design implementation from netlist to GDSII on advanced nodes and complex designs.
• Proficiency with industry EDA tools (e.g. Cadence Innovus/Tempus Synopsys ICC2/PrimeTime Siemens Calibre or equivalent).
• Experience with power intent and power delivery considerations (e.g. UPF/CPF concepts power grid planning power gating implications).
• Exposure to hierarchical physical design top-level assembly partitioning guidelines and large-scale integration methodology.
• Knowledge of IR/EM analysis noise coupling/crosstalk considerations and mitigation strategies.
• Proven tapeout history on advanced foundries (e.g. TSMC) and understanding of full-cycle SoC development flows.
• Strong scripting/automation skills using Python TCL Perl and/or shell.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with HBM / DRAM adjacent SoC designs or memory-subsystem-heavy SoCs.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in a related field.

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