Principal HS Digital Place & Route Engineer (d/m/f)

ams Italy S.r.l.; Cassolnovo; In loco; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

ams OSRAM seeks a senior digital backend architect for high-speed IC physical implementation in Italy. You will lead the place-and-route flow from synthesis to tape-out, defining robust backend methodologies and driving timing closure, power integrity, and verification across multiple projects.

Ideal candidates hold an MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Microelectronics with 10+ years in digital backend design. Cadence EDA experience and strong leadership skills are required.

Competenze

• MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in digital physical implementation and backend design.
• Proven expertise with industry-standard physical design tools; Cadence flows preferred.

Mansioni

• Lead place-and-route from synthesis to sign-off and tape-out.
• Define and maintain digital backend methodologies, flows, and best practices.
• Drive timing closure, power integrity, and physical verification strategies.
• Mentor engineers within the digital backend community.
• Lead EDA tool evaluations and flow automation initiatives.
• Interface with foundries, EDA vendors, and methodology teams.
• Drive continuous improvement of backend design efficiency and quality.
• Support technology enablement for advanced CMOS nodes.

Conoscenze

Digital backend design

Timing closure

Floorplanning

Placement

CTS

Routing

Power integrity

Signal integrity

Mentoring

Leadership

Formazione

MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Strumenti

Cadence EDA

Descrizione del lavoro

Your tasks

• Technical expert and recognized authority for physical implementation of high-speed digital and mixed-signal ICs
• Lead place-and-route implementation from synthesis results through PnR to sign-off and tape-out
• Define, deploy, and maintain digital backend methodologies, flows, and best practices
• Drive timing closure, power, performance, area (PPA), signal integrity, EM/IR and physical verification strategies
• Mentor and develop engineers within the digital backend community
• Lead EDA tool evaluations, methodology improvements, and flow automation initiatives
• Support technology enablement for advanced CMOS nodes including FinFET and FD-SOI
• Provide technical leadership across multiple projects and business units
• Act as interface to foundries, EDA vendors, and methodology teams
• Drive continuous improvement of backend design efficiency and quality

Who we are looking for

• MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in digital physical implementation and backend design
• Proven expertise with industry-standard physical design tools and flows (Cadence EDA flow preferred)
• Strong knowledge of floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, STA, physical verification, power integrity, and signal integrity analysis
• Extensive experience with timing closure and sign-off methodologies
• Experience with high-speed interfaces such as UCIe, PCIe, DDR, SerDes, USB, MIPI, or similar protocols is highly desirable
• Experience driving methodology development and engineering best practices across multiple projects
• Strong communication, collaboration, mentoring, and technical leadership skills
• Ability to work independently and influence technical decisions at organizational level

ams OSRAM is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diversity, equity and inclusion is strongly established in our corporate culture and we firmly believe it makes us more successful as a company. All qualified applications will