CPU Core Senior Physical Design Engineer

TL;DR

CPU Core Senior Physical Design Engineer (VLSI): Performs physical design implementation of custom CPU designs from RTL to GDS to create a design database ready for manufacturing with an accent on synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, static timing analysis, power and noise analysis. Focus on verification signoff, optimizing power, frequency, area, and collaborating closely with logic, circuit, architecture, and design automation teams.

Location: US, California, Folsom (hybrid work model: split time between on-site at assigned hirify.global site and off-site)

Salary: $164,470 - $232,190

Company

Silicon and Platform Engineering Group delivering breakthrough silicon and platform solutions for industry-leading products and next-generation computing experiences.

What you will do

• Implement physical design flow for CPU including synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, static timing analysis, power/clock distribution, reliability, and power/noise analysis.
• Conduct verification and signoff: formal equivalence, static timing, reliability, power integrity, layout, electrical rule checking, structural design checking.
• Analyze results, recommend improvements to CPU microarchitectures, collaborate with logic, circuit, architecture, and design automation teams.
• Apply CPU expertise in physical clock design, timing closure, coverage analysis, multiple power domains, structured placement, routing, synthesis, DFT.
• Work with EDA vendors to enhance tools for high-speed, low-power synthesizable CPU.
• Optimize design for product parameters like power, frequency, area; develop physical design methodologies and flow automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in computer engineering, Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering or STEM + 6+ years OR Master's + 4+ years experience
• VLSI circuit design and synthesis
• Static timing analysis
• Low power design

Nice to have

• 2+ years x86 CPU architecture
• Tcl/Perl/Python programming

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model splitting time between on-site and off-site
• Competitive pay, stock bonuses, health, retirement, vacation benefits
• Total compensation package ranking among industry best