ASIC Physical Design Engineer – High-Performance SoCs

Broadcom; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity grants/annual equity awards

Competitive benefits package (medical,

401(k) with company matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Job summary

Broadcom is seeking a Design Engineer for the Custom Silicon Design Team in Fort Collins, CO, focusing on the physical implementation of high‑performance ASICs using current process nodes and collaborating across disciplines to deliver silicon solutions.

The role involves hands‑on work from RTL to GDSII, exposure to advanced methodologies, and close interaction with senior engineers to drive design quality and on‑time silicon bring‑up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
• Strong understanding of VLSI design, CMOS logic, and digital circuits.
• Experience with ASIC physical design concepts (placement, routing, timing).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the physical design implementation of large-scale ASICs.
• Support floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, timing closure, and DRC/LVS.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on block-level integration, timing analysis, and design signoff.
• Utilize EDA tools for design, implementation, and verification.
• Contribute to design flow improvements, automation, and deep sub‑micron methodology development.
• Assist in timing analysis, power planning, IR/EM checks, and post‑route optimization.
• Gain exposure to RTL to GDSII and silicon bring‑up.
• Interface with customers and internal stakeholders to support discussions and design reviews.

Skills

VLSI design

CMOS logic

Digital circuits

Analytical skills

Debugging

Cross‑functional collaboration

Ownership

Communication

Education

Bachelors in Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Masters in Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Tools

Cadence Innovus

Synopsys ICC2

PrimeTime

UNIX/Linux

TCL

Python

Perl

Job description

Broadcom is seeking a Design Engineer for the Custom Silicon Design Team in Fort Collins, CO, focusing on the physical implementation of high‑performance ASICs using current process nodes and collaborating across disciplines to deliver silicon solutions.

The role involves hands‑on work from RTL to GDSII, exposure to advanced methodologies, and close interaction with senior engineers to drive design quality and on‑time silicon bring‑up.