Senior Physical Design Engineer

Codasip; Cambridge, Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Physical Design Engineer, where you will be at the forefront of designing innovative RISC-V CPU cores. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, collaborating closely with digital hardware engineers to optimize power, performance, and area. You will have the freedom to explore original solutions and contribute to the development of high-performance, energy-efficient designs. With a supportive and flexible team, your contributions will drive innovation in the industry. If you're passionate about pushing boundaries and making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of physical design flow and tools.
• Experience with advanced design methodologies for high-performance CPUs.

Responsibilities

• Manage physical design activities on live projects.
• Analyze timing and power consumption of designs.
• Collaborate with hardware design engineers for feedback.

Skills

Physical Design

Synthesis

Floorplanning

Static Timing Analysis

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electronics

Tools

RTL2GDSII flow

SoC Design

Power Analysis Tools

Job description

**Please note this role is open to candidates currently located in and with working rights to the UK (Cambridge and Bristol), and with further consideration - Germany (pref Munich) and Greece (pref Athens)**

We believe Codasip is the most innovative processor solutions company. We take pride in designing and developing cutting-edge, high-performance, and energy-efficient RISC-V CPU cores from scratch to power some of the most exciting applications - think high performance supercomputers and next-generation embedded systems. By also providing our own automated proprietary tools to fully customize these cores, we give our customers a unique competitive advantage by empowering their system-on-chip developers to build the most innovative products.

We are looking for a results-oriented Senior Physical Design Engineer to join our team. Alongside being responsible for the whole physical design flow, you will be working very closely with digital hardware design engineers, providing feedback from backend perspective with regards to achievable power, performance, area (PPA).

To ensure success and achieve best results, you should demonstrate extensive knowledge of flow and tools used, and contribute to flow maturity and development.

What you’ll do:

• Synthesis and Floorplanning on CPU IPs of varying complexity
• Take ownership of one or more physical design activities on live development projects
• Analyze timing and power consumption of the design
• Contribute to design methodology and library evaluation
• Work closely with digital hardware design engineers and give feedback from a physical design perspective
• Contribute to PPA activities for marketing and product teams

What we need:

• Industry experience with advanced design, including clock/voltage domain crossing, design for testing (DFT), as well as high-performance, high-frequency, and low power designs
• Experience with full RTL2GDSII flow and System on Chip (SoC) work including Synthesis, Floorplanning, Place and Route (PnR), Static Timing Analysis (STA)
• Industry experience on latest process nodes like 16/12/7nm
• Great collaboration and communication skills
• Superb analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent organizational, time management and record keeping skills

What you might have:

• Bachelor's degree in a related domain; computer engineering, electrical engineering, electronics

What's in it for you?

Join a flexible, open and supportive team full of curious, self-motivated and driven engineers who are keen to explore new ways of doing things, you'll get to work on ultra-modern, cutting-edge products and technology.

As a Codasipper, you will have the freedom to explore original solutions and experiment with new techniques in your role. We believe in cross-departmental awareness and encourage collaboration, allowing you to add value through diversity in your daily work.

So, come aboard and let's architect a future of innovation together! We can't wait to see what you'll achieve at Codasip.

Some useful Links on Codasip:

• Codasip RISC V Processor Solutions
• Design for differentiation: architecture licenses in RISC‑V
• Scaling is Failing - Dr. Ron Black, CEO, Codasip
• Codasip Labs to accelerate advanced technologies