Staff CPU Physical Design Engineer: High-Perf Power

European Tech Recruit; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Server CPU Physical Design Engineer (Senior/Staff) to join the Cambridge team onsite. You will own and contribute to CPU block implementation from RTL to GDS, drive timing closure, and optimize high-performance, power-efficient CPU designs for server-class platforms.

You will collaborate with RTL, architecture, CAD, and post-silicon teams to improve design quality and product performance.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in physical design implementation from RTL to GDS.
• Proficiency with static timing analysis and timing closure methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools for synthesis, place and route, STA, power analysis, physical verification, and signoff.

Responsibilities

• Own or contribute to CPU block implementation from RTL/netlist to GDS, including synthesis, floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, and signoff.
• Drive timing closure and physical implementation convergence across multiple modes, corners, and operating conditions.
• Work on high-performance, low-power CPU designs with demanding performance, power, and area targets.
• Debug and resolve complex implementation issues related to timing, congestion, clocking, routing, IR drop, power integrity, EM, ECO closure, DRC/LVS, and physical verification.
• Collaborate closely with RTL, architecture, circuits, CAD, SoC, and post-silicon teams to improve design quality, implementation efficiency, and product performance.
• Evaluate and contribute to the design process from concept through productization, including architecture definition, feasibility analysis, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation.
• Develop and enhance physical design flows, automation, and methodologies to improve productivity and quality of results.
• Use data-driven analysis to identify implementation bottlenecks, improve design convergence, and push PPA beyond standard targets.
• For Staff-level candidates, provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, define implementation strategies, and drive closure of critical CPU blocks or methodology initiatives.

Skills

Physical design

Synthesis

Floorplanning

Timing closure

Power integrity

Clock tree synthesis

EDA tools

Scripting (Python/TCL)

Debugging complex issues

Tools

Genus

Innovus

Fusion Compiler

PrimeTime

Tempus

Voltus

RedHawk

Conformal

Job description

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Server CPU Physical Design Engineer (Senior/Staff) to join the Cambridge team onsite. You will own and contribute to CPU block implementation from RTL to GDS, drive timing closure, and optimize high-performance, power-efficient CPU designs for server-class platforms.

You will collaborate with RTL, architecture, CAD, and post-silicon teams to improve design quality and product performance.