- Physical Design Engineer - Semiconductor

• Physical Design Engineer
• Semiconductor Socionext America Milpitas, CA Job Details Full-time $190,000
• $220,000 a year 4 hours ago Benefits Health savings account Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Paid time off Employee assistance program Vision insurance 401(k) matching Employee discount Professional development assistance Life insurance Referral program Retirement plan Qualifications Customer communication Interpersonal skills Startup experience CAD Integrated circuits (ICs) Verilog SoC Product development Customer engagement Design engineering Organizational skills Electrical Engineering Semiconductor experience Python Full Job Description Physical Design Engineer•Socionext America, Milpitas Description Socionext Inc.

(SNI) is an innovative enterprise that designs, develops, and delivers System-on-Chip products to customers worldwide. The company is focused on AR/VR, imaging, networking, storage and other dynamic technologies that drive today's leading-edge applications. Socionext combines world-class expertise, experience, and an extensive IP portfolio to provide exceptional solutions and ensure a better quality of experience for customers. Founded in 2015, Socionext Inc. is headquartered in Yokohama, and has offices in Japan, Asia, United States and Europe to lead its product development and sales activities. Socionext America Inc. (SNA), a wholly owned subsidiary of SNI. We are seeking a Physical Design Engineer . This is a hands-on technical position and will have opportunities to work on a variety of challenging designs. Critical to this position is the ability to articulate technical discussions with ASIC Customers and design teams and work closely with customer, frontend and integration teams to ensure successful tape outs.

Primary Responsibilities:

Pre-layout STA to ascertain feasibility, timing constraint validation and feedback to customers and design teams Chip/Block Level Floorplanning and pin assignment Review top-level/block-level clock specifications for completeness and feasibility Handle all the Physical design tasks (Placement, Timing Optimization, Clock Tree Synthesis, Routing) Perform sign-off tasks (RC Extraction, Static Timing Analysis, IR drop analysis and Physical Verification) Presentations and Customer Interaction in customer meetings

Necessary Qualifications:

BSEE, with 9+ years of experience or equivalent experience. MSEE preferred. Experience in ASIC Physical Design; Experience in an SoC product development organization with tape outs from 28nm/16nm to 2nm design nodes. Hands-on Experience with implementation EDA tools like ICC2/Innovus. Scripting (Perl/Tcl/Python) is required. Good understanding of ASIC frontend design. Experience in both Flat and Hierarchical layouts. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze and resolve physical design issues related to library, timing constraints or CAD tools is required. Experience with power analysis and IR-drop tools (primepower/Redhawk) and Static Timing Analysis (Primetime). Experience with Physical Verification and fix PV errors in layout. Expert handling of Verilog HDL based Netlists, Physical design libraries. Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills; ability to explain processes and answer customer questions during meetings.

Total Compensation Disclosure :

$190,000

• $220,000 Base Salary Base Pay + Bonus(es)

Benefits:

Comprehensive health, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) matching.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Socionext America is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex (including all gender identities and expressions), race, or ethnicity.

Pay:

$190,000.00

• $220,000.

00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee assistance program Employee discount Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Professional development assistance Referral program Retirement plan Vision insurance

Work Location:

Hybrid remote in Milpitas, CA 95035