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Senior Physical Design Engineering Lead

Job in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 95199, USA
Listing for: CyberCoders
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-01
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 400000 USD Yearly USD 400000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Physical Design Engineering Lead ($400-800k package!)
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Senior Physical Design Engineering Lead.

Up to $265k base, + 30% bonus plus around $1-$1.2m in stocks which vests over 4 years.

Total first year realistic income $400-$800k for Master or Distinguished level engineer

Introduction

Are you a seasoned Engineer & Leader who excels at guiding complex semiconductor programs across areas such as physical design, STA, DFT, and packaging? Have you delivered enough chips to recognize hidden issues in EDA reports before they impact schedules, and can you clearly explain both the technical root cause and the long term solution? Do you enjoy deep technical discussions with engineering teams while also providing clear, high level summaries to management?

If this sounds like you, and you want to work on advanced compute and infrastructure silicon, this role may be an excellent match.

Top Reasons to Work With Us
  • Support customers building cutting edge ASICs in AI, HPC, networking, and storage
  • Collaborate with highly experienced cross functional engineering and technology teams
  • Influence the development of next generation semiconductor technologies
  • Take ownership of customer success from initial engagement through production
  • Shape design methodologies, best practices, and implementation strategies
  • Be part of a supportive, collaborative environment that values technical leadership
The Role / Responsibilities

As a senior technical leader, you will guide customer ASIC programs and ensure successful delivery of highly complex designs. Your responsibilities include:
  • Leading end to end customer ASIC programs: RFQs, technology planning, IP integration, design, test, packaging, fabrication, bring up, and production
  • Advising customer teams on EDA best practices, design flows, and methodologies, including hosting Q&A sessions with technical experts
  • Identifying risks related to quality, schedule, or dependencies and coordinating mitigation plans with internal and external teams
  • Running physical design validation flows to ensure incoming customer netlists meet strict tape out quality requirements
  • Staying up to date on new technologies, IP developments, and application trends
  • Working closely with marketing, sales, legal, and compliance teams on program related discussions
  • Collaborating with and supporting other engineering teams as needed
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Essential Skills
  • Multiple tape outs at advanced process nodes
  • Ability to analyze PPA tradeoffs across library components, architectures, and implementation strategies
  • Strong understanding of low power design techniques and power management
  • Hands on experience in physical design or STA, along with EDA tools and flows covering physical design, logic simulation, test, and packaging
  • Programming or scripting experience
  • Excellent communication skills
Bonus Points For
  • Exposure to SERDES communication protocols
  • Experience in logic design, chip architecture, microarchitecture, Verilog RTL development, front end verification, DRC, and logic synthesis
  • Knowledge of DFT methods including scan, memory BIST, and repair
Benefits
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life and disability insurance
  • FSA and HSA
  • 401k with match
  • ESPP
  • Generous PTO
  • Annual bonus from 15-30% (depending on your level)
  • VERY generous stocks!
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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