Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer

Mulya Consulting; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

EnCharge AI is seeking a Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer in the Greater Bengaluru Area. The role focuses on chip-level implementation, timing closure, and low-power design within a hybrid work model requiring 2 days in office and 3 days at home.

The candidate will bring deep expertise in physical design, timing closure, EDA tools (Cadence), and scripting (TCL/Python) to drive advanced flows and PD methodology across top-level and block-level designs, with attention to power integrity and

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

Skills

Timing closure

Low-power design

Automation scripting

Physical design flow

Floorplanning

Power grid verification

PD optimization

Tools

Cadence tools

Job description

Title: Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer

Location: Greater Bengaluru Area (Hybrid)-2 days office/3 days-Home

About Company

EnCharge AI is a leader in advanced AI hardware and software systems for edge-to-cloud computing. EnCharges 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