Hardware Design Engineer: High-Speed SerDes PHY (RTL to GDS)

Managed Staffing, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Managed Staffing, Inc. is seeking a Physical Design Engineer to take RTL to GDS with automated synthesis, place and route, and timing verification in a fast-paced environment in Santa Clara, CA.

You will work on high-speed SerDes PHY designs, contribute to floorplanning, IP integration, and design checks to ensure timing, power, and area targets are met, collaborating with geographically distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years working experience in high-speed SerDes PHY designs or other high-performance IP designs.
• Proficiency in Python and/or Perl; additional languages are a plus.
• Experience with automated design flows for RTL synthesis and timing-driven PnR.
• Experience in automated flows for clock tree synthesis, gating, buffer insertion, scan stitching.
• Strong background in digital circuit techniques for high-speed, low-power designs.
• Experience in floor planning and IP integration; final sign-off for large IP.

Responsibilities

• Automated synthesis and timing-driven PNR of RTL blocks for high-speed datapath and control logic.
• Design flows for clock tree synthesis, clock and power gating techniques, buffer/repeater insertion, scan stitching.
• Support floor planning, IP integration, checks for logic equivalence and electrical quality.
• Provide final sign-off for large IP delivery.

Skills

Physical design

RTL to GDS

Synthesis

Place & Route

Timing analysis

Floorplanning

IP integration

Verilog

Python

Perl

Education

Master’s degree in EE/CS

Bachelor’s degree in EE/CS

Tools

Layout tools

Schematic tools

Job description

Managed Staffing, Inc. is seeking a Physical Design Engineer to take RTL to GDS with automated synthesis, place and route, and timing verification in a fast-paced environment in Santa Clara, CA.

You will work on high-speed SerDes PHY designs, contribute to floorplanning, IP integration, and design checks to ensure timing, power, and area targets are met, collaborating with geographically distributed teams.