Senior Physical Design Engineer - High-Speed IP & Tapeout

ASTERA LABS SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Astera Labs Singapore is seeking a Senior Physical Design Engineer to join our high-performance team working on transceiver IPs for 3nm tech, focusing on floorplanning, CTS, routing, and tapeout readiness.

You will collaborate with RTL/STA teams, optimize IR drop, power, and clocking, and use ICC2, Innovus, Calibre, Voltus while developing automation scripts. This role requires 5+ years in physical design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in physical design, preferably with advanced technology nodes.
• Hands-on with floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, and signoff checks (DRC/LVS/ANT/ERC).

Responsibilities

• Perform block-level/top-level physical implementation (floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, verification).
• Collaborate with RTL/STA teams to support timing, area, and power convergence.
• Apply advanced techniques for multi-volt/frequency domains and physical-aware synthesis.
• Work on EM/IR, power grid optimization, congestion analysis, clock skew, RC extraction-aware placement.
• Integrate IPs/blocks with proper interfaces and timing alignment; support floorplan and tapeout signoff.
• Develop automation scripts in Tcl/Python/Perl to improve flows.
• Ensure DRC, LVS, ANT, ERC clean databases with industry-standard tools.

Skills

Scripting

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor or Master in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Synopsys ICC2

Cadence Innovus

Calibre

Voltus

Job description

Astera Labs Singapore is seeking a Senior Physical Design Engineer to join our high-performance team working on transceiver IPs for 3nm tech, focusing on floorplanning, CTS, routing, and tapeout readiness.

You will collaborate with RTL/STA teams, optimize IR drop, power, and clocking, and use ICC2, Innovus, Calibre, Voltus while developing automation scripts. This role requires 5+ years in physical design.