Senior Silicon Physical Design Engineer

Spd-Technology; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Spd-Technology is seeking a Senior Silicon Physical Design Engineer to join our hardware team focused on custom silicon solutions powering direct-to-consumer products. You will influence performance, power and area through advanced physical design, contributing to products loved by millions worldwide.

Fully remote role with flexible scheduling; you will collaborate with Design, DFT, architecture and packaging engineers, solving complex problems and refining EDA methodologies for scalable,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
• 5 years of experience with SoC cycles.
• Experience with advanced design including clock/voltage domain crossing, DFT, and low power designs.
• Experience in high-performance, high-frequency, and low-power designs.

Responsibilities

• Use problem-solving and simulation techniques to ensure PPA within defined requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug failures or performance shortfalls and meet program goals in lab or simulation.
• Design chips, chip-subsystems, or partitions within subsystems from synthesis through place and route, and sign off convergence, ensuring design meets architecture goals of power, performance, and area.
• Develop, validate, and improve EDA methodology for a specialized sign off or implementation domain to enable cross-functional teams to build and deliver blocks that are correct by construction and ease convergence efforts.

Skills

SoC design

PPA optimization

DFT

Clock domain crossing

Low power design

High-frequency design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering/CS (bonus)

Job description

AtSPDTechnology, webring together ateam oflike-minded people who are driven bythe desire tobring value through their work, united intheir commitment tohigh performance and delivering custom, cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. Weempower our people with aculture ofexcellence and enable them with the opportunity touphold their accountability tocontribute oneach level. Wevalue humanity and collaboration, encourage professional and personal growth, and foster asupportive and flexible work environment where everyone’s contribution iswelcomed.

And now weare looking for aSenior Silicon Physical Design Engineer tojoinus aspart ofour team.

About the role

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

As a SoC Physical Design Engineer, you will collaborate with functional design, Design for Testing (DFT), architecture, and packaging engineers. In this role, you will solve technical problems with innovative micro-architecture and practical logic circuits solutions, while evaluating design options with optimized performance, power, and area in mind.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity.

We're the driving force behind groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future.

Work Environment

Fully remote role. Flexible schedule with participation in team ceremonies and cross-functional collaboration.

Asaqualified expert, You will

• Use problem-solving and simulation techniques to ensure performance, power, and area (PPA) are within defined requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug failures or performance shortfalls and meet program goals in lab or simulation.
• Design chips, chip-subsystems, or partitions within subsystems from synthesis through place and route, and sign off convergence, ensuring that the design meets the architecture goals of power, performance, and area.
• Develop, validate, and improve Electronic Design Automation (EDA) methodology for a specialized sign off or implementation domain to enable cross-functional teams to build and deliver blocks that are correct by construction and ease convergence efforts.

We’re looking for you ifyou have

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with System on a Chip (SoC) cycles.
• Experience with advanced design, including clock/voltage domain crossing, DFT, and low power designs.
• Experience in high-performance, high-frequency, and low-power designs.

Bonus Points

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Tcl.

What’s initfor You

Reveal great tech solutions

Join the team ofexperts who create custom, cutting-edge tech solutions for world-renowned businesses, fueling clients growth. Unleash your potential, tackle new challenges, and bepartofateam that values your skills and contributions. Focus onlong-term impact and building tailored, long-lasting partnerships with our clients.

Experience anagile and flexible working environment

Work fully remote around the globe, orinahybrid work model from our office hubs which are equipped with everything needed for comfortable work. Enjoy aflexible working schedule and create work and rest balance for yourself. Empower yourself with astable workload and astable income, focusing onlasting cooperation and high-performance culture.

Embrace the opportunity for personal and professional growth

Take advantage ofperformance review and career path. Elevate your skills with mentorship program, personal development plan, and individual learnings through the corporate library, public speaking support, and more.

Feel cared about

Beamong like-minded people and feel supported with collaboration, open communication and mutual respect. Join company-wide tech and cultural events, and contribute tomeaningful CSR initiatives that resonate with your values.