Senior IC Layout Engineer - Remote (US)

Encore Semi Llc; Redmond; Remote; AUD 129,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15 days PTO per year

10 paid holidays per year

Medical benefits: 80% premiums

Dental & Vision 50% premiums

401k plans

Job summary

Encore Semi, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior IC Layout Designer to join a skilled semiconductor team developing digital and mixed-signal ICs.

This remote role collaborates with IC designers, verification engineers, and process teams to deliver high-quality silicon. You will drive floorplanning, placement, routing, and DRC/LVS closure across advanced nodes, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to layout automation and flow improvements.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on IC layout design experience in advanced semiconductor technologies.
• Strong expertise with Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys tools, or equivalent platforms.
• Deep understanding of CMOS process technology, physical design concepts, and layout best practices.
• Proven experience achieving DRC/LVS closure and resolving complex physical verification challenges.
• Strong knowledge of parasitic extraction, signal integrity, timing impact, and layout optimization techniques.
• Experience collaborating within cross-functional semiconductor design teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop block-level and full-chip physical layouts for complex digital and mixed-signal IC designs.
• Translate schematics into high-quality layout implementations while maintaining design intent.
• Perform floorplanning, placement, routing, optimization, and layout refinement for PPA.
• Drive DRC, LVS, and ERC closure, including debugging layout and verification issues.
• Analyze and optimize layouts for parasitics, signal integrity, timing, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with circuit designers, physical verification teams, and foundry partners during tapeout and silicon release activities.
• Support improvements in layout methodologies, automation, and design flows.
• Mentor junior layout engineers and contribute technical expertise across the team.

Skills

IC layout

Physical design

Floorplanning

DRC/LVS

Parasitics

Signal integrity

Scripting

FinFET

SoC design

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Synopsys tools

SKILL

Python

TCL

Job description

Encore Semi, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior IC Layout Designer to join a skilled semiconductor team developing digital and mixed-signal ICs.

This remote role collaborates with IC designers, verification engineers, and process teams to deliver high-quality silicon. You will drive floorplanning, placement, routing, and DRC/LVS closure across advanced nodes, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to layout automation and flow improvements.