Job Description

Job Title: Physical Design Engineer (SoC)

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract opportunity for Physical Design Engineer (SoC) with our client located in San Jose, CA.

Job Description: We are looking for a results-oriented Physical Design Engineer(Contractor) to join our design team. You will be working on the physical design of leading edge designs supporting mobile applications. The role and responsibility includes taking the design from synthesized gates to delivery of GDS for tapeout. To ensure success as a physical design engineer, you should demonstrate extensive knowledge of place and route and tapeout session.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform physical implementation in Synopsys tools (ICC2)
• Develop and maintain the tool flow to support the project.
• Work with Team to enhance PD methodology.
• Fixing DRC/LVS issues
• Fixing voltage drop violations
• Timing ECOs.
  
  
  

Job Qualifications:

• Experience in advanced node processes 16nm and below.
• Experience with industry-standard tools, preference for Synopsys flow.
• Understanding of Implementation flow
• Understanding of timing constraints and static timing analysis (STA).
• Experience with Calibre for DRC/LVS checks, and automation through scripting such as Perl, Python, Tcl & Make.
  
  
  

Must Have:

• 5+ years latest experience on Synopsys physical design tool, ICC2 experience Strong Place and route skills Strong technical knowledge and tapeout experience.
• Need to handle multiple blocks for 28nm, 14nm and 8nm Strong Calibre DRC/LVS experience.
• Experience with Star-RC extraction Working on timing and functional ECO Hands-on experience with low-power implementation experience.
• TCL scripting skills.
• Good debugging skills and find a workaround for tool issues.
• Developing codes, as well as maintaining layout automation features and macros in layout entry tools.
  
  
  

Job Details:

• Contract: 6 months
• Pay Range: $80 - $100 an hour.
• Location: San Jose, CA (3 days office/hybrid).
  
  
  

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.