What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Physical Design Engineer position at Acceler8 Talent?
Principal Physical Design Engineer Job Description
We are seeking a seasoned Principal Physical Design Engineer to join our team.
About the Company
Our partner company is a pioneering data center acceleration firm dedicated to addressing congestion issues in large-scale distributed systems. With recent success in their Series B funding round, they demonstrate significant growth potential.
The founding team boasts extensive experience from leading hardware and technology firms, backed by primary investors with a proven track record of guiding early-stage startups to success.
Job Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for building and supporting the CAD tool flow for physical implementation in a cloud-first environment. This includes handling physical implementation tasks from synthesis through tapeout, as well as interfacing with foundry partners on IP and process technology.
Main Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain the CAD tool flow for physical implementation.
- Collaborate with foundry partners on IP and process technology.
- Work on physical implementation tasks from synthesis through tapeout.
Requirements
To succeed in this role, you will need:
Key Requirements:
- Proven industry experience in physical implementation of large, high-performance network switching/routing fabrics (Ethernet, Infiniband, HPC), Network Interface Controllers, Smart-NICs, CPUs, or GPUs in the latest silicon process nodes.
- Deep understanding of the latest CAD tools through the entire physical design workflow, including Cadence Genus and Innovus, Synopsys ICC2/FusionCompiler, Tempus, PrimeTime SI, PrimeTime PX, StarRC, ICV, Calibre.
- Strong familiarity with various analysis tools such as Redhawk, Voltus, and circuit analysis using HSPICE.
- Expert knowledge of SystemVerilog, as well as Perl, Python, or other scripting languages.
- Minimum BSEE/CE 10 years or MSEE/CE 5 years experience, with a proven track record of execution on products that have shipped in high-volume production.
Location
This position is open to candidates located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, TX, Raleigh, NC, or Boston, MA.
