Principal Layout Engineer – Automation & Tapeout

FHLB Des Moines; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer – Layout to lead automated place-and-route from floorplanning to GDSII tapeout. You will apply advanced physical design methods and automation to boost productivity and optimize flows.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to tackle challenging design issues, ensure design signoff, and support successful tapeouts while upholding the company’s values and strive for engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in automated place and route and physical design.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Tcl (preferred), Perl, Python, and shell scripting.
• Experience developing automation solutions for timing and design closure, data extraction and analysis, QoR monitoring, ECO automation, and physical verification analysis.
• Extensive experience with physical design activities including floorplanning and partitioning, power planning and power integrity, placement and routing optimization, Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS), timing closure, signal integrity analysis, physical verification, ECO implementation, and design signoff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute automated place-and-route activities from floorplanning through GDSII tapeout.
• Leverage advanced physical design expertise and automation to drive productivity and improve flows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to solve complex physical design challenges and support tapeout requirements.

Skills

Tcl scripting

Python scripting

Perl scripting

Automation

Physical design

Floorplanning

Place & route

CTS timing

QoR monitoring

Design signoff

Tools

Industry-standard PD tools

Job description

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer – Layout to lead automated place-and-route from floorplanning to GDSII tapeout. You will apply advanced physical design methods and automation to boost productivity and optimize flows.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to tackle challenging design issues, ensure design signoff, and support successful tapeouts while upholding the company’s values and strive for engineering excellence.