Principal Physical Design CAD Engineer (GenAI)

Location: Haifa District, Israel

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor-based connectivity solutions and software for rack-scale AI infrastructure, integrating technologies such as CXL, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe, and UALink.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, and improve physical design CAD flows and methodologies using industry-standard EDA tools.
• Build automation infrastructure for implementation, analysis, reporting, and debugging across large-scale design flows.
• Support synthesis, floorplanning, placement, clock-tree synthesis, routing, timing closure, power optimization, physical verification, and signoff readiness.
• Develop scripts and utilities to improve productivity, result quality, and flow robustness.
• Support and enhance flows based on Synopsys Fusion Compiler and analyze timing, power, congestion, utilization, QoR, and design-rule results.
• Explore and integrate GenAI solutions for debugging, repetitive-task automation, reporting, and engineering productivity.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in physical design, CAD, or implementation methodology.
• Strong understanding of synthesis, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, physical verification, timing, power, congestion, floorplanning, and QoR analysis.
• Hands-on experience with Synopsys Fusion Compiler.
• Experience with Tcl and Python scripting and automation around EDA tools and large-scale design flows.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work closely with multiple engineering teams.
• Motivation to learn and apply GenAI technologies in semiconductor design flows.

Nice to have

• Experience with PrimeTime, StarRC, ICC2, Innovus, Voltus, RedHawk, Calibre, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of STA, low-power design, UPF, EM/IR, extraction, or signoff flows.
• Experience building dashboards, regression systems, flow checkers, or automated report analyzers.
• Familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, AI agents, or GenAI-based coding and debugging tools.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, databases, or cloud-based compute environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to join a strategic R&D center being established in Israel.
• Work on semiconductor chips addressing data bottlenecks in large-scale AI infrastructure.
• Inclusive environment that encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.