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Physical Design Engineer

Lorven Technologies Inc

Position: Physical design engineer


Location: San Jose, CA (onsite)


Job type: Contract


JOB DESCRIPTION:


Key Responsibilities

  • Perform RTL synthesis, physical synthesis, floor planning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, and physical implementation.
  • Drive timing closure, setup/hold optimization, and signal integrity improvements.
  • Optimize power, performance, and area (PPA) across the physical design flow.
  • Perform timing analysis, timing correlation, and constraint validation using SDC.
  • Work on congestion analysis, high-fanout optimization, clock optimization, and design-rule closure.
  • Collaborate with RTL, synthesis, STA, DFT, and verification teams to resolve design issues.
  • Analyze and resolve physical design challenges at advanced technology nodes.
  • Support full-chip integration, signoff, and tapeout activities.
  • Debug implementation issues and ensure design quality, performance, and reliability.
Required Skills
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in ASIC/SoC Physical Design.
  • Strong experience in synthesis and RTL-to-GDSII implementation.
  • Expertise in floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, and timing closure.
  • Hands-on experience with Cadence Genus and Innovus .
  • Experience with advanced technology nodes such as N5/N3 or below.
  • Strong understanding of STA, setup/hold timing, clocking, congestion, and PPA optimization.
  • Experience with multiple successful tapeouts; 3+ tapeouts preferred.
  • Strong scripting and debugging skills.
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