Lead Physical Design Engineer

NXP Semiconductors; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors in Pune, India seeks a highly skilled Physical Design Engineer to contribute to implementation and signoff of complex SoC/IP blocks, ensuring PPA and reliability standards.

You will drive floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, and ECOs, collaborating with RTL, DFT, and packaging teams to deliver high-quality silicon.

Candidates should have 8-10 years ASIC physical design experience and a Bachelor’s/Master’s in Electronics or Microelectronics.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of ASIC Physical Design experience.
• Strong fundamentals in physical design implementation.
• Experience with DFT, STA, and signoff processes.

Responsibilities

• Execute block & Chip level physical design from synthesized netlist to GDSII.
• Floorplanning and power grid design.
• Placement and optimization.
• Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS).
• Routing and post-route optimization.
• Drive timing convergence across MCMM scenarios in collaboration with STA teams.
• Ensure design closure including Setup/hold timing closure.
• DRC/LVS clean signoff.
• IR drop and electromigration (EM) compliance.
• Debug and resolve.
• Congestion issues.
• SI/crosstalk problems.
• Functional and physical ECOs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with RTL/design teams to improve QoR.
• DFT teams for test readiness.
• Packaging and full-chip integration teams.
• Contribute to methodology improvements and automation through scripting.
• Follow and enforce NXP design methodologies, quality and reliability standards.

Skills

ASIC Physical Design

Floorplanning

CTS

Placement & Routing

DRC/LVS signoff

Timing convergence

Scripting/Automation

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Electronics / Electrical Engineering / Microelectronics

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Physical Design Engineer with strong fundamentals in physical design implementation to join our growing VLSI team. In this role, you will contribute to the implementation and signoff of complex SoC/IP blocks in advanced technology nodes, ensuring high-quality delivery aligned with NXP’s stringent PPA (Power, Performance, Area) and reliability standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute block & Chip level physical design from synthesized netlist to GDSII
• Floorplanning and power grid design
• Placement and optimization
• Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS)
• Routing and post-route optimization
• Drive timing convergence across MCMM scenarios in collaboration with STA teams
• Ensure design closure including
• Setup/hold timing closure
• DRC/LVS clean signoff
• IR drop and electromigration (EM) compliance
• Debug and resolve
• Congestion issues
• SI/crosstalk problems
• Functional and physical ECOs
• Collaborate cross-functionally with
• RTL/design teams to improve QoR
• DFT teams for test readiness
• Packaging and full-chip integration teams
• Contribute to methodology improvements and automation through scripting
• Follow and enforce NXP design methodologies, quality and reliability standards

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Electronics / Electrical Engineering / Microelectronics
• 8 - 10 years of experience in ASIC Physical Design

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