Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer

Mulya Technologies; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EnCharge AI in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer to lead chip-level implementation, timing closure, and low-power design using Cadence tools. You will drive top-level and block-level PD, perform floorplanning, and optimize the PD flow to meet performance and power targets.

Applicants should have 10–14 years in physical design, strong TCL/Python scripting, and experience with EM/IR checks, power-grid verification, and process-aware routing concepts.

Qualifications

• 10–14 years of experience in physical design.
• Hands-on Cadence implementation tools (must-have).
• Strong understanding of timing concepts and timing closure.
• Experience with top-level and block-level physical design; floorplanning a plus.
• Proficiency in low-power design concepts and debugging.
• Experience with EM/IR checks and power grid verification.
• Strong TCL/Python scripting for automation.
• Understanding of process concepts for physical verification.
• Experience with PD flow setup and advanced flow evaluations.
• Additional experience in areas like PDK management or foundry tapeouts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead chip-level physical design and timing closure efforts.
• Perform low-power design and debugging across blocks.
• Develop and optimize physical design flows and floorplanning methods.

Skills

Physical design

EDA tools: Cadence

Timing closure

Low-power design

Power grid verification

EM/IR checks

Scripting: TCL/Python

Floorplanning

PD flow setup

Foundry tapeout processes

Job description

Title: Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer

About Company:

EnCharge AI is a leader in advanced AI hardware and software systems for edge-to-cloud computing. EnCharge's robust and scalable next-generation in-memory computing technology provides orders-of-magnitude higher compute efficiency and density compared to today's best-in-class solutions. The high-performance architecture is coupled with seamless software integration and will enable the immense potential of AI to be accessible in power, energy, and space constrained applications. EnCharge AI launched in 2022 and is led by veteran technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor design and AI systems.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer with a strong background in chip-level implementation and EDA tools. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in physical design, timing closure, and low-power design.

Qualifications

• 10-14 years of experience in physical design (excluding other areas such as logic design or CAD).
• Strong understanding of EDA implementation for chip design, with hands-on experience in Cadence tools (must-have).
• Strong knowledge of timing concepts and timing closure techniques for chip design.
• Experience with both top-level and block-level physical design is required; experience with hierarchical floorplanning is a plus.
• Proficiency in low-power design concepts and debugging is necessary.
• Experience with EM/IR checks, debugging, and issue resolution, including power grid verification, is required.
• Strong scripting skills in TCL or Python for automation are important.
• Understanding of process concepts is needed for physical verification as part of routing tasks.
• Experience with physical design methodology and flow setup is preferred; this role will involve advanced flow evaluations.
• Additional experience in areas such as PDK management or foundry tapeout processes is a plus