Physical Design Engineer

Cerebras
Sunnyvale
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 230,000 - 280,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Ownership","Deep dive","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Work on the design and analysis of 3D integrated products within a physical design team. Apply ASIC/SoC physical design expertise across packaging, power, clock, and cooling analysis while partnering with architecture and RTL teams on R&D for novel 3D integration concepts. Drive block and full-chip physical verification, optimize power/performance and area, and resolve DRC/LVS and IR/EM issues using industry-standard tools and scripting to enhance flows.

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3 months ago

Physical Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Work on the design and analysis of 3D integrated products within a physical design team. Apply ASIC/SoC physical design expertise across packaging, power, clock, and cooling analysis while partnering with architecture and RTL teams on R&D for novel 3D integration concepts. Drive block and full-chip physical verification, optimize power/performance and area, and resolve DRC/LVS and IR/EM issues using industry-standard tools and scripting to enhance flows.
Location: Sunnyvale
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and analyze 3D integrated products as part of a physical design team.
  • •Perform ASIC/SoC physical design work spanning packaging, power, clock, and cooling analysis.
  • •Work with architecture and RTL teams on R&D for novel concepts for 3D integration.
  • •Drive block and full-chip physical verification and resolve DRC and LVS issues using ICV or Calibre.
  • •Optimize power/performance and area, including IR/EM analysis and resolution, and improve flows via Tcl/Python scripting.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 280,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of physical design/verification experience with strong block-level and full-chip physical verification methodology.
  • •Strong background in block physical design, synthesis, PDV, and IR.
  • •Expert in optimizing for power/performance and area across the complete physical design flow.
  • •Expert with ICV or Calibre to resolve block and full-chip DRC and LVS issues.
  • •Strong ability to script in Tcl and Python to enhance physical design flows; knowledge of 2.5D or 3D packaging solutions is required.
Experience:10+ yearsASIC/SoCPhysical design3D integrationSemiconductorsHardware verification
Skills:OwnershipDeep diveCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:ASICSoC3D integrationPhysical designPhysical verificationSynthesisPDVIRPower/performanceArea optimizationPhysical design flowSynopsys tool suiteICVCalibreDRCLVSIR/EMTclPython2.5D packaging

Company Brief

Cerebras
Designs and builds wafer-scale AI accelerators and systems for large-scale deep learning workloads, delivering specialized hardware and software to accelerate model training and inference for enterprises and research institutions.
Industry: Hardware Devices
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, United States
Founded: 2016
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