Jobs at MetaOption, LLC
Physical Design Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Experienced
Physical Design Engineer – Milpitas, CA
We're looking for a hands-on Physical Design Engineer to support complex SoC projects for our client who designs and delivers advanced System-on-Chip solutions across multiple emerging technologies. They provide high-performance custom solutions for cutting-edge applications. You'll collaborate with customers, frontend, and integration teams to ensure successful tape-outs, contributing across all phases of physical design. Profile of preferred candidate includes 10 + years of hands-on experience, custom ASIC, strong communication skills, experience with multiple tape outs from inception, small company experience. Local candidates are preferred.
Key Responsibilities:
We're looking for a hands-on Physical Design Engineer to support complex SoC projects for our client who designs and delivers advanced System-on-Chip solutions across multiple emerging technologies. They provide high-performance custom solutions for cutting-edge applications. You'll collaborate with customers, frontend, and integration teams to ensure successful tape-outs, contributing across all phases of physical design. Profile of preferred candidate includes 10 + years of hands-on experience, custom ASIC, strong communication skills, experience with multiple tape outs from inception, small company experience. Local candidates are preferred.
Key Responsibilities:
- Pre-layout STA for feasibility and timing constraint validation
- Chip/block-level floorplanning and pin assignment
- Clock spec review and clock tree synthesis
- Placement, routing, and timing optimization
- Sign-off tasks: RC extraction, STA, IR-drop analysis, and physical verification
- Customer meetings and technical presentations
- BSEE with 5+ years experience; MSEE preferred
- Strong experience in ASIC physical design and SoC development (28nm/16nm)
- Proficient in ICC2/Innovus, scripting (Perl/Tcl/Python)
- Knowledge of frontend design and hierarchical layouts
- Familiar with power/IR-drop tools (PrimePower/Redhawk) and STA (PrimeTime)
- Skilled in PV tools and debugging PV errors
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
