Cortex Consultants LLC
Website:
cortexconsultants.com
Job details:
Role : Physical Design Engineer
Location : Bangalore / Coimbatore
Experience : 7+ Years
Key Responsibilities
Physical Design
- Perform floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, and optimization for ASIC blocks.
- Drive timing, power, and area optimization throughout the physical design flow.
- Work closely with RTL, synthesis, and DFT teams to ensure design readiness.
Static Timing Analysis (STA)
- Perform block-level and full-chip STA using industry-standard tools.
- Analyze and fix setup, hold, and clock-related timing violations.
- Perform timing sign-off checks including OCV, MCMM, and path-based analysis.
Timing Closure
- Drive timing closure across multiple corners and modes (MCMM).
- Debug and resolve timing violations, congestion, and power issues.
- Collaborate with backend and front-end teams to meet timing and performance targets.
Sign-Off Activities
- Handle timing sign-off, physical verification, and power analysis.
- Work with sign-off tools for DRC, LVS, IR drop, and EM analysis.
- Ensure design meets foundry sign-off requirements.
Required Skills - Strong experience in ASIC Physical Design and STA (7+ years)
- Hands-on experience with EDA tools, such as:
- Synopsys PrimeTime
- Cadence Innovus
- Synopsys ICC2
- Expertise in timing closure and MCMM analysis
- Good understanding of low power design techniques
- Experience in advanced technology nodes (16nm / 7nm / 5nm preferred)
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