Physical Design Team Lead

Location: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel; other location: Haifa. The role is fully in-person.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead and mentor physical design engineers, set priorities, assign work, and ensure high-quality, on-time delivery.
• Drive physical design projects end to end, including planning, scheduling, risk management, and status reporting.
• Define and improve physical design methodologies, flows, and best practices.
• Own block-level and top-level implementation, including floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, and optimization.
• Drive timing closure, power integrity, signal integrity, physical verification, and sign-off activities for advanced process nodes.
• Partner with RTL, DFT, analog, architecture, foundry, EDA vendor, and IP provider teams through tapeout and silicon bring-up.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on physical design experience with complex SoCs or ASICs.
• Experience leading projects and technical teams through at least one full-chip tapeout.
• Deep expertise with industry-standard physical design and sign-off tools, including Cadence Innovus, Synopsys Fusion Compiler or ICC2, PrimeTime, and Calibre.
• Strong knowledge of timing closure, power and clock distribution, and physical verification in advanced process nodes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a fully in-person, collaborative environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with high-speed interface designs such as PCIe, Ethernet, or SerDes-based products.
• Proficiency in Tcl, Python, or Perl for flow automation.
• Experience with hierarchical design, low-power methodologies, and ECO-driven closure.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and drive continuous improvement in team processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully in-person, collaborative work environment.
• Inclusive workplace welcoming people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Opportunity to contribute to hiring, onboarding, and professional development.