Lead ASIC Physical Design Engineer (P&R)

Engibex; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and coaching

Fringe benefits

Job summary

Engibex in Belgium seeks a Physical Implementation Engineer to lead backend flows for full chips, from netlist-in to GDSII-out, across nodes from N2 to 180nm, leveraging Cadence Innovus Place&Route.

You will directly engage with customers, partition top levels, and drive sign-off with the Physical Design team through tape-out, ensuring timing, power, and verification requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Experience setting up the flow for the library set and foundry node used.
• Experience with UPF low power design and debug sdc files.
• Knowledge of floorplanning and power grid design for top level and blocks.
• Proficient with Place, CTS and Routing.
• Ability to resolve setup and hold violations.
• Sign-off extraction (SPEF/QUANTUS), timing (TEMPUS), power analysis (VOLTUS).
• Physical verification (DRC, LVS, ERC, ANT) and logic equivalence checks.

Responsibilities

• Direct contact with customers for upcoming projects.
• Fully understand Cadence Innovus Place&Route flow.
• Lead partitioning and split top level SDC into timing budgets for sub-blocks.
• Collaborate with Physical Design team to drive sign-off for tape-out.
• Be the technical voice to discuss customer specifications.

Skills

Library flow setup

UPF / low power design

Floorplanning

Place & Routing

Setup/hold violations

Timing sign-off (TEMPUS)

Power analysis (VOLTUS)

Physical verification (DRC/LVS/ERC/ANT

Tools

Cadence Innovus

TEMPUS

VOLTUS

SPEF/QUANTUS

Job description

Engibex in Belgium seeks a Physical Implementation Engineer to lead backend flows for full chips, from netlist-in to GDSII-out, across nodes from N2 to 180nm, leveraging Cadence Innovus Place&Route.

You will directly engage with customers, partition top levels, and drive sign-off with the Physical Design team through tape-out, ensuring timing, power, and verification requirements are met.