ASIC Design - Floorplan Engineer (AI)

Location: USA-Colorado-Fort Collins-4380 Ziegler Road

Company

hirify.global's Custom Silicon Design Team develops custom CMOS ASICs for AI, cellular, networking, computing, and storage products.

What you will do

• Define and optimize top-level floorplan architecture, including die-size estimation, hierarchy, partitioning, macro placement, pin placement, and feedthroughs.
• Design power grids and plan clock distribution while balancing performance, power, and area targets with RTL, timing, and packaging teams.
• Lead top-level timing closure, congestion analysis, ECO implementation, and tapeout readiness.
• Coordinate block owners and integration teams to achieve block-to-top-level convergence.
• Provide physical-design guidance to internal and external partners and contribute to flow automation and methodology development.
• Apply block PnR, timing closure, physical verification, and IR/EM analysis to achieve signoff-quality results.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 12+ years of relevant experience, or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong foundation in VLSI design principles and ASIC physical-design fundamentals.
• In-depth experience with floorplanning, die partitioning, and hierarchical design.
• Working knowledge of PLLs, clock networks, power delivery, and timing-critical structures.
• Proven ability to optimize performance, power, and area through layout and planning strategies.
• Strong experience with TCL scripting and Linux environments is required.
• Excellent communication, organizational, problem-solving, data-presentation, and prioritization skills, with the ability to work independently across global sites and time zones.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor others, and lead new initiatives.

Nice to have

• Proficiency in Python, Perl, or Ruby.
• Experience with Cadence or equivalent physical-design tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position within a cross-functional engineering organization supporting internal and external partners.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) participation with company matching, ESPP, EAP, paid holidays, paid sick leave, vacation, and applicable paid family and other leave.
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus, competitive new-hire equity grants, and annual equity awards subject to plan documents and award agreements.

Hiring process

• First-time applicants must create a candidate login account before applying; existing candidates must sign in before applying.
• Applicants located outside the USA must provide a home address for future correspondence.