Principal Physical Design Engineer — AI Accelerator SoC

Acceler8 Talent; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180.000 - 320.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Acceler8 Talent seeks a Principal Physical Design Engineer to lead the complete physical implementation of high-performance AI accelerator blocks. You will drive floorplanning, place&route, timing closure, and power optimization, partnering with architects, RTL, verification, and software teams to deliver production-ready silicon.

Join a well-funded AI hardware startup building next-gen inference platforms, collaborating with world-class engineers from semiconductor and AI industries to shape

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of physical design experience on complex ASICs.
• Expertise in full implementation flow from floorplanning to signoff.
• Experience with 7nm or smaller nodes and high-performance blocks.

Aufgaben

• Own the complete physical design flow for major SoC blocks from floorplanning to signoff.
• Develop AI-assisted methods to improve productivity and tapeout timelines.
• Lead place-and-route, CTS, timing closure, and power optimization.
• Collaborate with architecture, RTL verification, and software teams for performance and area goals.
• Coordinate with foundries/EDA vendors to deliver production-ready silicon.

Kenntnisse

Physical design

ASICs 7nm+

Floorplanning

Place & Route

Timing closure

Synthesis

Power optimization

Collaboration with RTL/Architecture

EDA tools

Ausbildung

MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Innovus

Synopsys Fusion Compiler

PrimeTime/Tempus

Jobbeschreibung

Acceler8 Talent seeks a Principal Physical Design Engineer to lead the complete physical implementation of high-performance AI accelerator blocks. You will drive floorplanning, place&route, timing closure, and power optimization, partnering with architects, RTL, verification, and software teams to deliver production-ready silicon.

Join a well-funded AI hardware startup building next-gen inference platforms, collaborating with world-class engineers from semiconductor and AI industries to shape