Physical Design Clocking Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States; hybrid work model with time split between the assigned hirify.global site and off-site work.

Annual salary: $105,650–$149,150 USD for roles performed in the US; pay varies by work location, skills, experience, and education or training.

Company

hirify.global develops technologies for data centers, cloud services, and high-performance computing through its Data Center Group.

What you will do

• Implement custom IP and SoC designs from RTL to GDS, producing design databases ready for manufacturing.
• Execute synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, and static timing analysis.
• Perform equivalence, reliability, layout, and structural design verification and signoff activities.
• Analyze results and recommend solutions for design violations across current and future architectures.
• Optimize power, frequency, and area at the product level.
• Develop and improve physical design methodologies, flows, and automation using industry-standard EDA tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field plus 0–1 years of hands-on physical design experience gained through internships, academic projects, coursework, or hands-on training, or a Master’s degree in a relevant field with no prior professional experience.
• Proficiency with physical design tools for synthesis, place and route, and timing analysis.
• Familiarity with EDA tools and methodologies used in physical design and verification workflows.

Nice to have

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for identifying and resolving design violations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Proactive mindset and eagerness to learn and improve physical design methodologies and flows.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on technical excellence and innovation.
• Hybrid work model combining on-site and off-site work.
• Competitive pay, stock bonuses, health benefits, retirement benefits, and vacation.
• Shift 1, United States of America.