Advanced PD Engineer - High-Speed IC Layout & Timing

Kandou AI; Saint-Sulpice; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kandou is seeking an Advanced R&D - Physical Design Engineer in Lausanne, Switzerland. You will translate designs into physical layouts for FinFET nodes, driving synthesis, floorplanning, CTS, and routing to meet strict PPA targets.

Applicants should have 5+ years in physical design, strong FinFET knowledge, and hands-on tape-out experience with low-power techniques. A collaborative, results-driven mindset is essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on physical design experience focusing on synthesis, SDC constraints, CTS, and place and route.
• Deep CMOS/FinFET physics, crosstalk, and high-frequency clock network design.
• Proven experience taking blocks from netlist through physical implementation.
• Experience with low-power techniques (UPF, power gating) and tape-out for FinFET nodes.

Responsibilities

• Own block synthesis, floorplanning, placement optimization, CTS, and routing.
• Develop and refine SDC constraints to ensure design intent matches physical realization.
• Collaborate with the digital design team to resolve logic or architectural bottlenecks affecting P&R convergence.
• Generate progress reports, document implementation flows, and prepare sign-off packages for tape-out.

Skills

Synthesis

SDC constraints

CTS

Place and route

MCMM timing

Clock network

Python scripting

Tcl scripting

Tape-out experience

Bug fixing

Education

Masters or Ph.D. in E.E. or Communications

Tools

Cadence Genus/Innovus/Tempus

Synopsys Design Compiler/ICC2/Primetime

Calibre

Job description

Kandou is seeking an Advanced R&D - Physical Design Engineer in Lausanne, Switzerland. You will translate designs into physical layouts for FinFET nodes, driving synthesis, floorplanning, CTS, and routing to meet strict PPA targets.

Applicants should have 5+ years in physical design, strong FinFET knowledge, and hands-on tape-out experience with low-power techniques. A collaborative, results-driven mindset is essential for success in this role.