SoC Physical Designer

As a Graduate Physical Design Engineer, you will participate in the development of advanced semiconductor products and be involved in the complete physical implementation flow.

Responsibilities

• Support SoC and subsystem physical design implementation from netlist to GDSII.
• Participate in floorplanning, power planning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, and chip finishing activities.
• Perform timing, power, signal integrity, and physical verification analysis.
• Debug design implementation issues and drive convergence toward project PPAC (Performance, Power, Area, Cost) targets.
• Work with cross-functional teams including RTL Design, DFT, Verification, IP, Package, and Technology teams.
• Develop and improve EDA automation scripts using Python, Tcl, or other scripting languages.
• Explore AI-assisted design methodologies to improve engineering productivity and design quality.
• Support silicon bring-up, design reviews, and tapeout activities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of backend methodologies, flows, and best practices.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred

• ASIC/SoC Design Physical Design Timing Analysis DFT Digital IC Design Hands-on experience with EDA tools such as: Synopsys Fusion Compiler ICC2 PrimeTime Cadence Innovus Tempus Calibre Experience with machine learning or AI applications in semiconductor design.
• Publications, competitions, or research projects related to EDA or IC design are a plus.
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Qualifications：

Master's degree (graduating in 2027) in: Microelectronics Integrated Circuit Design Electronic Engineering Computer Engineering Automation Related disciplines Basic knowledge of VLSI design flow and semiconductor fundamentals. Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments. Programming experience in Python, Tcl, Perl, Shell, or C/C++.

Fluent written and spoken English.