Senior Physical Design Engineer — AI Inference ASICs

Etched.ai, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision packages

$500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits

Housing subsidy of $2k per month

Relocation support for moving to San Jose

Daily lunch + dinner in the office

Job summary

Etched.ai, Inc. is seeking a Physical Design Engineer to oversee block-level implementation and verification while optimizing design flows in San Jose. Ideal candidates will have 5-10+ years’ experience in physical design and skills with Cadence and Synopsys tools. Benefits include medical coverage, a housing subsidy, and relocation support. The company values creativity and expects team members to contribute to both engineering and research efforts in a fully in-person setting.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of previous experience with Physical Design.
• Experience with timing closure on advanced process nodes (5nm and below).
• Familiarity with low power design methodology and power verification.

Responsibilities

• Understand physical design intricacies.
• Run PD flows to close blocks and support ASIC infrastructure.
• Collaborate with RTL Designers to improve PPA.
• Drive dashboards for project convergence.
• Supervise outsourced physical design.

Skills

Physical Design experience

RTL synthesis

Timing closure

Creative thinking

Programming with Python

Tools

Cadence (Innovus, Genus)

Synopsys (ICC2, Fusion Compiler)

Sign-off tools (PrimeTime, Tempus, Voltus)

Job description

Etched.ai, Inc. is seeking a Physical Design Engineer to oversee block-level implementation and verification while optimizing design flows in San Jose. Ideal candidates will have 5-10+ years’ experience in physical design and skills with Cadence and Synopsys tools. Benefits include medical coverage, a housing subsidy, and relocation support. The company values creativity and expects team members to contribute to both engineering and research efforts in a fully in-person setting.