Physical Design Engineer

We are hiring an experienced Physical Design Engineer to join a high-performing silicon engineering team supporting one of the world's leading technology organizations in Sunnyvale, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge ASIC/SoC designs and collaborate with talented engineers throughout the chip development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

· Drive RTL synthesis and optimization to achieve performance, power, and area (PPA) goals

· Perform floorplanning for complex ASIC/SoC designs while ensuring optimal timing, congestion, and power distribution

· Collaborate closely with RTL design engineers to provide actionable feedback that improves RTL quality, synthesis results, and overall implementation

· Analyze netlists and identify opportunities for optimization to improve design quality and implementation efficiency

· Work cross-functionally with architecture, RTL, verification, and physical design teams to ensure smooth design convergence

· Support timing closure by identifying implementation bottlenecks and recommending design improvements

· Participate in design reviews and contribute to continuous process and methodology improvements

Required Qualifications

· Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field

· Strong hands-on experience in ASIC/SoC physical design with 10+ years of industry experience.

· Expertise in RTL synthesis and timing optimization

· Solid experience with floorplanning for advanced technology nodes

· Strong understanding of netlist optimization and physical implementation methodologies

· Experience collaborating with RTL/design teams to improve design quality and implementation efficiency

· Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Preferred Skills

· Experience with industry-standard EDA tools for synthesis and physical design

· Strong understanding of timing, congestion, power, and area optimization techniques

· Experience working on high-performance CPU, GPU, AI/ML, or networking SoCs is a plus

If you are looking for a new project, Please send your resume to abhishek at fstonetechnologies dot com

Regards

Abhishek Mishra

FSTONE Technologies