Hardware Engineer – Physical Design

Achronix Semiconductor Corporation is a fabless semiconductor corporation based in Santa Clara, California, offering high-performance FPGA solutions. Achronix is the only supplier to have both high-performance and high-density standalone FPGAs and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) solutions in high-volume production. Achronix’s FPGA and eFPGA IP offerings are further enhanced by ready-to-use PCIe accelerator cards targeting AI, ML, networking and data center applications. All of Achronix’s products are supported by best-in-class EDA software tools.

Job Description/ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will engineer the physical implementation of blocks from RTL to GDS in advanced FinFet technology nodes (7nm/12nm/14nm/16nm) and below, sharing responsibilities across design and verification. Responsibilities include the following:

• RTL synthesis, writing timing, area, and other relevant constraints
• Floorplanning, power grid implementation, clock tree synthesis, place and route
• Parasitic extraction and physical design verification
• Static timing analysis, and timing closure
• Lint, design for test, test coverage
• EM/IR verification and logic equivalence/formal verification
• Low-power design and power optimization
• Collaborate with other members of the team to optimize design in context
• Work with other team members to improve methodologies and flows
• Support post-silicon product bring-up and debug, timing and power characterization

Required Skills

• Experience with digital VLSI CMOS circuit design and physical design in advanced FinFet technology nodes
• Experience with HDLs such as Verilog
• Experience with industry-standard tools such as Design Compiler, ICC2, PrimeTime, Tetramax, RedHawk, ICV, Caliber LVS/DRC
• Excellent debugging skills
• Comfortable programming in a scripting language (e.g., Python or Perl) and writing full programs from scratch (e.g. 5000+ lines of code)
• Familiarity with revision-control systems (e.g., Perforce, git)
• Familiarity with using and/or designing FPGAs is a plus
• Well organized, punctual, excellent communication skills; ability to operate without direct supervision; ability to collaborate with other team members

Education and Experience

• MS in Electrical Engineering with 3-10 years experience