We are seeking an experienced Senior Staff Engineer / Principal Engineer – Physical Design to lead and execute advanced semiconductor physical design activities for complex SoCs and high-performance digital ICs.
Role: Senior Staff / Principal Engineer – Physical Design
Location: Singapore
Experience: Minimum 10 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
- Citizenship Requirement: Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) – Mandatory
Physical Design Implementation
- Lead end-to-end RTL-to-GDSII implementation for complex SoCs and digital IPs.
- Drive floor planning, power planning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, and physical optimization.
- Own timing closure across multiple process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) corners.
- Optimize designs for power, performance, and area (PPA).
- Perform congestion analysis, signal integrity analysis, and design optimization.
- Drive physical design signoff activities, including timing, signal integrity, and power integrity.
Static Timing Analysis and Signoff
- Perform static timing analysis (STA), setup/hold analysis, and timing ECOs.
- Resolve complex timing violations, including crosstalk, SI-related issues, and high-fanout net problems.
- Analyze and optimize multi-mode, multi-corner (MMMC) timing scenarios.
- Review and sign off timing reports, parasitic extraction results, and implementation quality.
Physical Verification and Reliability
- Work closely with physical verification teams to resolve DRC, LVS, and antenna violations.
- Support IR-drop, electromigration (EM), and power integrity analysis.
- Ensure implementation compliance with foundry design rules and technology requirements.
- Drive physical design quality and signoff readiness.
4. EDA Tools
Experience with one or more of the following tools is required:
- Cadence Innovus
- Synopsys IC Compiler II
- Synopsys Fusion Compiler
- Synopsys PrimeTime
- Cadence Tempus
- Parasitic extraction and physical verification tools
5. Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, VLSI Design, Microelectronics, or a related discipline.
6. Experience Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in semiconductor physical design.