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

ams-OSRAM AG; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ams OSRAM seeks a Technical Expert for digital backend physical implementation in Lombardia, Italy. You will lead place-and-route from synthesis to sign-off, define digital backend flows, and drive PPA, timing, power, and SI strategies.

Ideal candidate holds MSc/PhD in EE with 10+ years in digital physical design, Cadence EDA proficiency, and strong leadership. You will mentor engineers and interface with foundries and vendors.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces such as UCIe, PCIe, DDR, SerDes, USB, MIPI, or similar protocols is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Digital backend

Physical implementation

Flow development

Mentoring

Tool evaluation

Education

MSc/PhD in EE

Tools

Cadence EDA

Job description

Job description

• 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

Profile description

• 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

We offer

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 receive consideration for employment regardless of ethnic, national or social origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, religion, age, physical and mental abilities.

Stefanie Kleierl

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Find out more about us on https://ams-osram.com