Staff Physical Design Engineer: PPA & Timing Expert

SiFive, Inc.; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 1,100,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

SiFive, a leader in RISC-V technology, seeks a Staff Physical Design Engineer to drive physical design for next‑generation IPs, translating RTL into high‑performance implementations and pushing PPA targets.

You will collaborate across RTL, architecture and layout teams to optimize timing, power and area on complex blocks, including memory interfaces and interconnects, with senior leadership mentorship.

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on physical design experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive the complete physical design flow for major sub-systems and IP blocks.
• Co-design with RTL and Architecture teams to remove bottlenecks.
• Apply innovative PD techniques to meet aggressive PPA targets.

Skills

Physical design

Tape-out experience

RTL/Architecture collaboration

Co-design mindset

Debugging complex PD challenges

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Synopsys Fusion Compiler

PrimeTime

Cadence Innovus

Tempus

Job description

SiFive, a leader in RISC-V technology, seeks a Staff Physical Design Engineer to drive physical design for next‑generation IPs, translating RTL into high‑performance implementations and pushing PPA targets.

You will collaborate across RTL, architecture and layout teams to optimize timing, power and area on complex blocks, including memory interfaces and interconnects, with senior leadership mentorship.