Principal Physical Design Engineer

Job Description

1. Lead the physical design of automotive‑grade SoC chips, driving the complete RTL‑to‑GDS flow while ensuring full compliance with functional safety standards (ISO 26262).
2. Work closely with the front‑end design team to support architecture analysis, logic synthesis, and power optimization, with a focus on improving CPU core timing, area efficiency, and power consumption.
3. Take ownership of building PPA (Power, Performance, Area) competitiveness by enabling technical advancements through advanced process nodes and customized optimization methodologies.
4. Address and resolve complex physical design challenges, including timing closure, signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI), and yield improvement.
5. Evaluate and introduce new technologies, methodologies, and toolchains to continuously enhance the physical design flow for automotive‑grade SoCs.

Job Requirements

1. Bachelor's degree or higher in Microelectronics, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
2. Solid expertise in digital back‑end design flows, including Place & Route (P&R), Static Timing Analysis (STA), and power analysis, along with a foundational understanding of digital front‑end design and RTL synthesis.
3. Hands‑on experience optimizing the physical design of high‑performance cores (e.g., CPU/GPU), familiarity with low‑power design techniques, and strong knowledge of functional safety standards with the capability to implement ISO 26262 in physical design.
4. Proficiency with industry‑standard EDA tools (such as Innovus, ICC2, PrimeTime, Voltus, etc.) and deep experience in physical verification flows including DRC, LVS, and ERC.
5. More than 5 years of experience in physical design for automotive‑grade SoCs, with a proven track record of leading at least two successful mass‑production projects.

To apply :

Interested applicants please send your resume in MS Words format to pooja.yadav@ambition.com.sg and attention to Pooja (R1551322)

Short listed candidates will be notified

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