Senior Lead - PD

Role: Physical Design Senior Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Physical Design engineers.
• Own the complete PD flow:
  • Floorplanning
  • Power Planning
  • Placement
  • Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS)
  • Routing
  • Timing Closure
  • Physical Verification (DRC/LVS)
• Coordinate with RTL, DFT, STA, Package, and Signoff teams.
• Track schedules, risks, and tapeout milestones.
• Review engineers' work and provide technical guidance.
• Drive closure of timing, power, area, and congestion issues.
• Present status updates to management and customers.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of ICC2 / Innovus and signoff tools.
• Expertise in STA, timing closure, and physical design methodologies.
• Understanding of CMOS technology nodes and metal stack.
• Good debugging, communication, and leadership skills.

Typical Experience

• 8-15+ years in Physical Design.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of ICC2 / Innovus and signoff tools.
• Expertise in STA, timing closure, and physical design methodologies.
• Understanding of CMOS technology nodes and metal stack.
• Good debugging, communication, and leadership skills.