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

ams Italy S.r.l.; Mairago; In loco; EUR 120.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

ams OSRAM seeks a senior technical expert in digital backend for high-speed ICs, leading PnR from synthesis through sign-off and tape-out. You will define digital backend flows and mentor engineers, driving PPA, timing closure, and verification across multiple projects.

You will collaborate with foundries and EDA vendors, pushing methodology improvements and flow automation while enabling advanced CMOS nodes like FinFET/FD-SOI.

Competenze

• MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related field.
• 10+ years in digital physical implementation and backend design.
• Expertise with Cadence EDA flow.
• 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.
• 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.

Mansioni

• Technical expert 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.

Conoscenze

Digital backend design

Timing closure

Floorplanning

Placement

Routing

Physical verification

Power integrity

Signal integrity

Sign-off methodologies

High-speed interfaces

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Collaboration

Influencing decisions

EDA tools evaluation

Flow automation

CMOS nodes (FinFET/FD-SOI)

Interface with foundries/vendors

Formazione

MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related field

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