Physical Design Engineer - High-Speed SerDes & RTL-to-GDS

Infobahn Softworld Inc; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Infobahn Softworld Inc in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Physical Design Engineer to take RTL to GDS with synthesis, place-and-route, timing, and physical verification, driving high-speed Datapath and control logic blocks.

You will collaborate with geographically distributed teams, automate design flows for clock tree synthesis, power gating, buffer insertion, and sign-off for large IP, ensuring timing, power and area targets are met.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years in high-speed SerDes PHY or high-performance IP designs.
• Proficiency in Python and/or Perl; other languages are a plus.
• Experience with automated design flows for RTL, synthesis, and P&R.
• RTL to GDS flow with timing-driven P&R for datapath and control logic.
• Experience in floor planning, IP integration, and sign-off processes.
• Familiarity with schematics, layout, and circuit simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead RTL-to-GDS flow including synthesis, P&R, timing, and physical verification.
• Perform floor planning and IP integration; ensure design checks for quality.
• Develop automated design flows for clock tree synthesis, gating, and optimization.
• Collaborate with distributed teams to meet cycle-time targets.
• Support final sign-off for large IP delivery.

Skills

RTL to GDS

Place & Route

Synthesis

Timing Analysis

Python

Perl

Verilog

Clock Tree Synthesis

Floor Planning

Education

Master’s degree in EE/CS

Tools

Schematics

Layout

Circuit/Logic Simulation

Job description

Infobahn Softworld Inc in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Physical Design Engineer to take RTL to GDS with synthesis, place-and-route, timing, and physical verification, driving high-speed Datapath and control logic blocks.

You will collaborate with geographically distributed teams, automate design flows for clock tree synthesis, power gating, buffer insertion, and sign-off for large IP, ensuring timing, power and area targets are met.