Experienced Physical Design Engineer

Location: Haifa, Israel; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops technologies for accident prevention and semi- and fully autonomous vehicles.

What you will do

• Own physical design blocks end to end, from RTL and constraint definition through GDS and full signoff.
• Lead floorplan exploration with Front-End Design and Architecture teams.
• Manage block- and top-level constraints and perform first-level static timing analysis.
• Conduct synthesis exploration and deliver final netlists, including scan insertion and UPF.
• Drive place-and-route from synthesis netlist to final layout while optimizing power, performance, and area.
• Perform signoff across STA, IR/EM, physical verification, logic equivalence checking, and low-power verification.

Requirements

• BSc or MSc in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in physical design.
• Proficiency in Tcl, Python, Perl, or tcsh scripting.
• Experience collaborating with Design and Architecture teams on RTL modifications and design reviews.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, hands-on approach.

Nice to have

• Experience developing or maintaining implementation tools and design flows.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces such as DDR or PCIe.
• Experience with advanced process nodes, 5nm and below.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a dynamic, startup-like R&D environment.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for physical design execution and signoff.
• Collaborate closely with Design and Architecture teams on next-generation SoC development.