Staff / Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale, California; on-site in the office 5 days a week. No hybrid option is available.

Salary: $200,000–$220,000 per year in California.

Company

hirify.global is a semiconductor startup building high-performance, energy-efficient graphics processors for immersive content creation, simulation, and consumption.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end physical design flow from synthesis support and floorplanning through placement, CTS, routing, and signoff.
• Drive setup and hold timing closure across multiple PVT corners using OCV and POCV methodologies.
• Debug DRC, LVS, EM, and IR issues and drive clean signoff and tapeouts.
• Optimize designs for power, performance, and area while integrating SRAM, IO, and analog hard macros.
• Manage ECO flows, GLS, SDF generation, and timing-related debug.
• Develop automation scripts in Python and TCL and collaborate with RTL, architecture, verification, foundry, and vendor teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 8–12 years of ASIC physical design experience, including full-chip or large-block implementation and tapeouts.
• Strong expertise in floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, physical verification, STA, and timing closure.
• Hands-on experience with Synopsys ICC2, Cadence Innovus, Synopsys PrimeTime, and Mentor Calibre.
• Experience with advanced nodes, preferably 7nm and below, plus strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work on-site in Sunnyvale, California 5 days per week.

Nice to have

• Low-power design experience with UPF or CPF and familiarity with multi-voltage designs and power domains.
• EMIR analysis experience, such as with Ansys RedHawk-SC.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces or complex CPU, GPU, or AI SoCs.
• Exposure to GLS and timing-related silicon debug.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision premiums covered at 100%.
• Stock options and a 401(k) match.
• WFH hardware provided.
• Culture centered on professionalism, integrity, respect, fearlessness, adaptability, and collaborative learning.