Physical Design Engineer, Staff

Bangalore, Karnataka, India March 7, 2026 Eightfold Ai
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. Hands on PD execution at block/SoC level along with PPA improvements Strong understanding of the technology and PD Flow Methodology enablement. Work with Physical design engineers to rollout robust, identify areas for flow improvement methodologies. (area/power/performance/convergence), develop plans and deploy/support them Provide tool support and issue debugging services to physical design team engineers across various sites Develop and maintain 3rd party tool integration and productivity enhancement routines Understand advance tech PNR and STA concepts and methodologies and work closely with EDA vendors to deploy solutions. Understand physical design flows using Innovus/fc/icc2 tools Knowledge of one of Encounter/Innovus or FC (or other equivalent PNR tool) is mandatory Basic understanding of Timing/Formal verification/Physical verification/extraction are desired Ability to ramp-up in new areas, be a good team player and excellent communication skills desired 8+ years of experience with the Place-and-route and timing closer and power analysis environment is required Handling support tools like Encounter/Innovus/edi/fc/Icc2 (or other equivalent PNR tool). One or more of the above is mandatory
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