SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR

Description

• Work with the logic design team to understand partition architecture and drive physical aspects early in the design cycle.
• Complete netlist to GDS2 implementation for partition(s) meeting schedule and design goals.
• Timing, physical and electrical verification, and driving the signoff closure for the partitions.
• Resolve and improve design and flow issues related to physical design, identify potential solutions, and drive execution.
• Drive optimization of PnR partitions, to achieve best Power/Performance/Area.

• Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.

• MS in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or related field.
• Experience with partition level P&R implementation including floor planning, clock and power distribution, timing closure, physical and electrical verification.
• Experience with physical design construction and analysis flows and methodology.
• Experience with large SOC designs (>20M gates) with frequencies in excess of 1
  
  GHZ.
• Familiar with various process-related design issues including Design for Yield and Manufacturability and multi-vt strategies.
• Experience with industry standard tools, understanding their capabilities and underlying algorithms.
• Experience with typical SOC issues such as multiple voltage and clock domains and mixed signal block integration.
• From a CAD perspective, experience with floor planning tools, P&R flows, global timing verification, and physical design verification flows.
• Ability to adhere to stringent schedule and die size requirements.

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