Senior Physical Design Engineer

Job Title: Senior Physical Design Engineer Location Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad (Hybrid) Experience 8-10 Years Job Summary We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Physical Design Engineer to join our VLSI Physical Design team. The candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality physical implementation of complex SoC/IP blocks from netlist to GDSII, ensuring timing, power, area, and reliability targets are met.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on expertise in advanced node design implementation and signoff methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

Own end-to-end physical design implementation of complex digital blocks/subsystems. Drive floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, and physical verification. Perform design optimization for PPA (Power, Performance, Area) targets. Execute timing closure across multiple operating modes and process corners.

Analyze and resolve setup, hold, SI, IR-drop, EM, and congestion issues. Collaborate with RTL, Synthesis, DFT, STA, Package, and Signoff teams to achieve project milestones. Support ECO implementation and tapeout activities. Develop and enhance PD methodologies, automation flows, and scripts to improve productivity. Review design quality and mentor junior engineers.

Work closely with global cross-functional teams. Required Technical Skills Strong expertise in: Floorplanning Power Planning Placement Optimization Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS) Routing Timing Closure Physical Verification STA & Signoff In-depth knowledge of: Static Timing Analysis (STA) Multi-Mode Multi-Corner (MMMC) methodologies Crosstalk/SI Analysis ECO Flows Timing Signoff Physical Signoff Experience with: IR Drop Analysis Electromigration (EM) Analysis DRC/LVS Closure Reliability Checks Tools Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools: Cadence Innovus Synopsys ICC2 Prime.

Time Tempus Red. Hawk / Voltus StarRC / Quantus Calibre Educational Qualification Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electronics, VLSI, Electrical Engineering, or related field. More information about NXP in India... #LI-9415