Physical Design Engineer (ASIC)

Location: Complete on-site at San Jose, California; must be able to travel to an Arrow client office location as requested by client leadership.

Annual hiring range: $112,200–$165,000.

Company

eInfochips, an hirify.global company, provides product engineering and semiconductor design services, including ASIC and connected-product development across multiple industries.

What you will do

• Execute synthesis, place and route, and static timing analysis for assigned ASIC chip partitions.
• Collaborate with architects, RTL designers, and DFT engineers to resolve implementation and signoff issues.
• Close electromigration and IR issues and drive logical equivalence checking and physical verification signoff.
• Identify physical design challenges and support efficient design iteration and convergence.
• Refine synthesis, place-and-route, EM/IR, power delivery network, and logical equivalence checking methodologies.
• Troubleshoot implementation flow issues and work with EDA vendors on resolutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 10 years of hands-on experience in physical design and implementation, including synthesis, place and route, timing convergence, and physical verification.
• Proficiency with EDA tools including Innovus, Tempus, and Quantus, with a deep understanding of physical design flows and methodologies.
• Ability to work to tight schedules and implement low-power design techniques.
• Experience with System-on-Chip design and implementation.
• Expertise in sub-7nm process node technologies.
• Strong TCL scripting skills for developing custom flows and methodologies on Cadence and Synopsys EDA tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with matching contributions.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Health Savings Account and Health Reimbursement Account options.
• Paid sick leave, holidays, and vacation, plus tuition reimbursement and growth opportunities.