Senior / Physical Design Engineer

alpsoft technologies pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

alpsoft technologies pte. ltd. seeks an experienced physical design engineer to drive Netlist-to-GDS flow for cutting-edge 12nm/6nm/4nm chips. You will own blocks of 2–3 million instances, supervising Synthesis/APR and Signoff with ICC2 or Innovus.

As a top-level block lead, you will coordinate 5–10 blocks, resolve critical issues, and deliver floorplanning, partitioning, and full tapeout for large hierarchies in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering.
• Experience in physical design with tape-outs.
• Knowledge of Netlist-to-GDS flow and tools ICC2/Innovus.
• Proficient in scripting with Perl, TCL/TK or similar.

Responsibilities

• Full responsibility for Netlist-to-GDS physical design implementation across 12nm/6nm/4nm nodes.
• Block owner for 2–3 Million instances; oversee Synthesis/APR and Signoff.
• Coordinate 5–10 blocks; troubleshoot critical issues and provide solutions.
• Lead top-level chip floorplanning, partitioning, and full tapeout for large hierarchies.

Skills

Block ownership

Physical design

Synthesis/APR

Scripting (Perl/TCL/TK)

Education

Bachelor/Master in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

ICC2

Innovus

Synopsys/Cadence tools

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Full responsible for Netlist-to-GDS physical design implementation of 12nm/6nm/4nm and below advanced process chips.
• Block owner, take block of 2~3 Million instances, working on Synthesis/APR(auto place and route)/Signoff
• Block coordinator role for more than 5~10 blocks, solving the critical issue and give the solution to block owners.
• TOP role for the complicated hierarchical chip (more than 20 Million instances plus 500+ macros), doing floorplan and partition, responsible for full chip tapeout

Requirements:

• Bachelor/Master Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineer.
• Experience in physical design with tape-outs.
• Knowledge of complete Netlist‑to‑GDS flow, Synopsys/Cadence tools like ICC2 or Innovus.
• Good in script programming with Perl, TCL/TK or other languages.