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PD - Principal, Physical Design

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Principal Physical Design Engineer who leads ASIC physical design from RTL to GDSII, overseeing floorplanning, PnR, STA, EM/IR, PV, and flow optimization for high-volume, high-performance chiplet-based systems.

About this role

Join the leading chiplet startup! As an Eliyan Principal Physical Design Engineer, you will be working at a fast-paced early-stage startup creating technologies that fuel tomorrow’s chiplet based systems with best-in-class power, area, manufacturability, and design flexibility. You will drive the development of cutting-edge ASICs from RTL to GDSII. You will work with a cross-functional team of industry experts that operate from first principles, innovate, and push the envelope to create high-volume and high-performance manufacturable products. In this role, you will oversee and optimize the entire design flow, including synthesis, place-and-route (PnR), static timing analysis (STA), electromigration/IR drop analysis (EM/IR), and physical verification (PV). You will also focus on developing and improving design flows and methodologies to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery. We offer a fun work environment with excellent benefits.

Responsibilities:

  • Architecture and packaging driven floorplanning and integration so physical partitions match system and package constraints
  • Well defined boundaries with lego style pin alignment and consistent interface placement across chip and blocks
  • Feedthrough, repeater and bus planning with early reservation of routing corridors, layers, and resources for cross block connectivity.
  • Define clocking architecture methodology selecting spine and rib, H tree, or mesh to optimize power, skew, latency, and robustness.
  • Establish CTS methodology including skew and latency targets, buffer and ICG strategy, NDR and shielding rules for critical clock routes.
  • Define skew groups and balancing strategy across library corners, ensuring consistent behavior under MMMC variations and derates.
  • Drive clock constraint quality across hierarchy with clean chip to block and block to chip handoff for signoff readiness.
  • Define DRC aware power grid architecture including rings, straps, and mesh, matching metal resistivity assumptions to IR drop targets and EM limits.
  • Ensure careful planning around analog routing with keepouts, shielding, spacing, and grid topology choices that preserve sensitive nets and meet DRC.
  • Drive lego aligned power mesh alignment across top level, subsystem, and block level with consistent strap pitch, via patterns, and clean connectivity.
  • Lead early and signoff EM and IR analysis, identify hotspots, and implement grid reinforcement and via optimization without routing or congestion penalties.
  • Align power planning with floorplan and package constraints including bump map, current demand, and entry points to minimize noise and IR drop.

    • Qualifications:

  • 8 to 12 years ASIC physical design experience owning floorplanning integration clocking and power planning from early feasibility through signoff and tapeout on complex SoCs
  • Expert in architecture and package driven hierarchy planning with lego aligned boundaries pin strategy feedthrough repeater bus planning plus CTS methodologies including spine rib H tree or mesh
  • Strong EM IR PV and STA awareness with MMMC and library corner skew group balancing advanced node exposure TSMC 3nm 2nm or Samsung 2nm and functional ECO execution experience

    • Skills

    ASIC Physical DesignBandwidth And Bus PlanningChiplet IntegrationClocking ArchitectureClock Tree Topologies (H-tree, Spine, Mesh)CTS MethodologiesDRC-aware Power Grid DesignElectromigrationEM/IR AnalysisFloorplanningGDSIIGrid ReinforcementHierarchy PlanningIR-drop AnalysisLego-aligned BoundariesLibrary CornersMMMCl VariationsPlace-and-Route (PnR)Power PlanningPV (physical Verification)Routing Corridor PlanningRTL To GDSII FlowSignoff ReadinessStatic Timing Analysis (STA)TSMC 3nm/2nm Or Samsung 2nmVia Optimization

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