Sr. SOC/ASIC Physical Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering)

1 week, 5 days ago
Full-time
Senior
IoT and Embedded Systems
SpaceX

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the aim of revolutionizing space technology and enabling human life on other planets.

Aerospace & Defense
10K-50K
Founded 2002

Description

  • Perform partition synthesis and physical implementation, including synthesis, floorplanning, power/ground grid generation, place and route, timing, noise, physical verification, electromigration, voltage drop, logic equivalency, and other signoff checks.
  • Develop and improve physical design methodologies and automation scripts for implementation steps.
  • Collaborate closely with the ASIC design team on architectural feasibility studies, timing, power, and area targets, and RTL/design tradeoffs.
  • Resolve design, timing, congestion, and flow issues and drive execution of solutions.
  • Run, debug, and fix signoff closure issues in static timing analysis, noise, logic equivalency, physical verification, electromigration, and voltage drop.
  • Work with cross-disciplinary teams across systems, firmware, architecture, design, validation, product engineering, and ASIC implementation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
  • 5+ years of ASIC and/or physical design flow development experience in industry.
  • Strong experience in ASIC/SOC RTL2GDSII physical design and signoff flows.
  • Strong experience with industry-standard EDA tools and understanding of their capabilities and underlying algorithms.
  • Knowledge of deep sub-micron FinFET and CMOS solid-state physics.
  • Knowledge of CMOS digital design principles, standard cells, and standard cell libraries.
  • Understanding of CMOS power dissipation in deep submicron processes, including leakage and dynamic power.
  • Familiarity with CMOS analog circuit and physical design.
  • Knowledge of DFT/Scan/MBIST/LBIST and their impact on physical design flows.
  • Good scripting skills in csh/bash, Perl, Python, TCL, Makefile, or similar tools.
  • Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet critical project milestones.
  • Self-driven, willing to learn, and able to work in a dynamic group environment.

Benefits

  • Pay range of $170,000 to $230,000 per year for Physical Design Engineer/Senior.
  • Eligibility for long-term incentives such as company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
  • Potential discretionary bonuses and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan with discounted stock purchases.
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan, plus short- and long-term disability insurance and life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and 5 days of sick leave per year for exempt employees.
  • Various additional discounts and perks.

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