Position: Silicon Physical Design Engineer III
Location: 100% Remote
Pay rate: $80-100/hour
Duration: 6 months (W2) with possibility of extension
Minimum qualifications
+ 10+ Years of experience in backend implementation such as synthesis, timing closure, power analysis etc.
+ Experience with power analysis and tools like PTPX (must have).
+ Experience with RTL Synthesis and design optimization for Power, Performance, Area.
+ Experience with EDA tools and scripting languages (Python, TCL) used to build tools and flows for complex environments.
+ Experience with communicating across functional internal teams and vendors.
+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Responsibilities
+ Run Logic/Physical Synthesis and generate optimized Gate Level Netlist for Timing, Area, Power. Debug the timing/area/congestion issues and work with RTL & Physical designers to resolve them.
+ Perform Power Estimation at RTL and Gate Level and identify power reduction opportunities.
+ Perform RTL Lint and work with the Designers to create waivers.
+ Develop Timing Constraints for RTL-Synthesis and PrimeTime-STA for the blocks and the top-level including SOC. Analyze the inter-block timing and come up with IO budgets for the various partition blocks.
+ Developing Automation scripts and Methodology for all FE-tools including (Lint, CDC, RDC, Synthesis, STA, Power).
+ Work closely with the Design Engineers, DV Engineers, Emulation Engineers in supporting them with the handoff tasks. Interact with Physical Design Engineers and provide them with timing/congestion feedback.
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