Senior Physical Design Engineer

Alphawave Semi enables tomorrow’s future by accelerating the critical data communication at the heart of our digital world – from seamless video streaming to AI to the metaverse and much more. Our technology powers product innovation in the most data-demanding industries today, including data centers, networking, storage, artificial intelligence, 5G wireless infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles. Customers partner with us for mission-critical data communication, our innovative technologies, and our proven track record. Together, we enable the next generation of digital technology.

What You’ll Do           

• Drive the backend process through the entire implementation flow
• Floor-planning/ Block Partitioning /Power Planning
• Support Front-End team in performing PPA optimization trials
• Leverage LLM and EDA tools to drive PPA optimization
• Place & Route with special focus on power and area optimization
• Clock Tree Synthesis/Inspection/Optimization
• Static timing verification and timing closure experience
• Perform physical verification and fixing (DRC, ANT, DFM, LVS, ERC,…)
• Perform EM/IR signoff and address power integrity issues.

What You’ll Need 

• 7+ years of Physical Design experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Low-Power Designs experience desired
• SOC design experience is desired
• Advanced technology node experience desired

About You 

• Extremely detail oriented
• Great collaboration and communication skills
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good scripting skills
• Drives for consistency
• Takes personal pride in high standard of outputs
• Self-motivated and self-managing