BackEnd (Physical design) Engineer

For an exciting well-funded start-up, we are looking for a Backend Team member. You will work on complex design, high frequency and low-power budget. Work on ramp-up full RTL2GDSII flow for leading technology and work with external vendors.

Requirements: Key responsibilities: • RTL-to-GDSII Ownership: execute the complete backend implementation flow (Logic Synthesis, P&R, Tape-Out, IR-drop, etc.), ensuring timely, first-pass silicon success. · Constraints & Timing Closure: Work with design and DFT engineers to write timing and physical constraints, and sign-off on the design using comprehensive Static Timing Analysis (STA), timing eco implementation. · Advanced Physical Implementation: Drive complex physical design tasks including Floorplanning, Power/Ground (PG) Mesh implementation, and handling advanced clocking (CTS/Clock-Mesh) and Hierarchical Design flows. · Low Power Expertise: Define, implement, and verify advanced low power design techniques to meet aggressive power consumption targets. · Design for Manufacturability: Implement and verify Design-for-Test (DFT) strategies and close physical verification challenges, specifically focusing on IR-Drop analysis. · IP Integration & Automation: Execute complex IP integration, incorporating blocks generated by memory compilers and other automated tools. • Collaboration: work closely with design team to understand the data path and correctly implement the floorplan, provide feedback on RTL changes required, Implement logical eco post RTL freeze with design team. • CAD: Improve existing implementation flows to achieve better QOR, write scripts for supporting the P&R flows. Minimum Qualifications • Experience of 5+ years in backend design • Strong expertise of full RTL2GDSII including: • Logic synthesis & equivalence checking • Constraints definition and writing • Complicated IP integration • Memory compilers and other automated block generators • DFT • Floorplanning, PG Mesh • P&R • Low power design including definition, implementation and verification • Timing STA • IR-Drop • BS/MS in EE/CE from lead universities Preferred Qualifications • Team player • Highly motivated • Learning abilities • Good communication • Work with external vendors • Experience in Synopsys/Cadence tools is an advantage • Low power techniques • Clock-mesh/ multi source cts • Hierarchical design flow • Experience in tape-out procedures • RTL code reading A very interesting job and good conditions are guaranteed to the candidates