About this role
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
Cadence is the leader in hardware emulation-acceleration technologies and products. As a Physical Design Architect you will drive solutions for complex designs from synthesis to GDS through tape-out. You are knowledgeable about floorplan, clock construction, placement, routing, and signoff closure activities such as timing analysis, physical verification, and IR/EM. You have exceptional communication skills and can collaborate with partner RTL, DFT, and Architecture teams. As a senior engineer, you will contribute to further developing our tools and flows to improve design quality and execution.
Our emulation-acceleration system platform is the most advanced industry-leading configurable scalable system, generation after generation, used in labs and datacenters. At the heart of these systems are a multitude of interconnected highly complex high-performance computing (HPC) devices based on a proprietary Boolean processor architecture. This is a role in the core technology team.
Key Responsibilities:
The duties and responsibilities include:
- Drive solutions in logic synthesis, floorplan, place and route (PNR), clock construction
- Provide continuous improvement to existing tools, flows, and methodologies
- Optimize power, performance, and area to meet design requirements
- Experience with advanced process nodes and technologies
- Collaborate closely with cross functional teams to ensure proper design execution
- Work with R&D teams to improve Cadence’s suite of tools
- Close designs adhering to timing, power, IR/EM, and foundry specifications
Qualifications
- BS with a minimum of 15 years of experience OR MS with a minimum of 10 years of experience OR PhD with a minimum of 7 years of experience
- Successfully owned and driven blocks/SoCs to tape-out
- Comfortable in the latest advanced technology nodes
- Experience in at least one scripting language like PERL, Python, TCL, or Shell is preferred
- Self-motivated, team player with strong problem-solving skills to collaborate with teams to deliver results
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- BS/MS with 10-15+ years of relevant hands-on experience in physical design