Physical Design Engineering, VP (AI)

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Salary: $250,600–$375,000 per year, depending on experience, level, and business need. Discretionary bonus, incentives, and benefits may also apply.

Company

hirify.global provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through semiconductor-based connectivity solutions integrating CXL, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe, UALink, and the COSMOS software suite.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end physical design execution for complex multi-die switching products using UCIe and UALink.
• Drive chip-level floorplanning, power planning, placement, routing, timing closure, and signoff for advanced-node designs.
• Establish methodologies for interposer-based chiplet architectures and die-to-die interfaces.
• Build, scale, and mentor a physical design organization, including Directors, Managers, and senior engineers.
• Partner with architecture, digital design, packaging, silicon engineering, DFT, HR, and recruiting teams.
• Resolve timing, power, signal integrity, and manufacturability challenges in high-speed SerDes and switching fabrics.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in physical design and implementation of complex SoCs or ASICs.
• Successful delivery of multiple tapeouts in advanced process nodes, including 7nm or below.
• Deep expertise in chiplet architectures, interposer design, die-to-die interface implementation, and 2.5D/3D integration.
• Expert knowledge of physical design flows, timing closure, power optimization, and signoff methodologies.
• Experience managing and scaling engineering teams of 20+ people.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with UCIe, PCIe Gen 6/7, or other high-speed SerDes physical implementation.
• Background in AI/ML infrastructure, networking ASICs, or high-performance switching products.
• Expertise with Cadence and/or Synopsys physical design tools and flows.
• Experience with advanced DFT integration, DFM, and physical design automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on technical excellence, innovation, and collaboration.
• Opportunity to work on connectivity technologies for hyperscale AI data centers.
• Bonus, incentives, and benefits may be available.
• Commitment to an inclusive workplace that welcomes diverse backgrounds and experiences.