Senior Physical Design Engineer

Codasip; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge company in Cambridge seeks a Senior Physical Design Engineer to enhance their advanced semiconductor designs. The role emphasizes collaboration with digital teams, design flow management, and high-performance outcomes to push innovation in CPU architecture. Join a forward-thinking environment where your contributions will directly impact groundbreaking technology.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Cross-departmental collaboration

Opportunity for innovation

Qualifications

• Experience with advanced design including DFT and high-performance designs.
• Full RTL2GDSII flow, SoC experience including Synthesis and STA.

Responsibilities

• Synthesis and Floorplanning on CPU IPs.
• Analyze timing and power consumption of designs.
• Collaborate closely with digital hardware design engineers.

Skills

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or electronics

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• 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)**
  
  

• 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
  
  

Requirements

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
  
  

Benefits

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

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Semiconductors

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