Physical Design Engineer

Summary Description:

Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space, has entered into an agreement to acquire a large, multi-national sensor business with global revenues in excess of $250 million per year, and is looking for an experienced and talented Sr. Staff Physical Design Engineer.

As Physical Design Engineer, you will be a key player in the ASIC R&D team. You are presented with a unique opportunity to drive the complete physical design flow, from RTL-to-GSDII to achieve best in class PPA for the next generation Syntiant ASICs while working in a cross-functional environment interacting with multiple teams.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive next generation physical design work to achieve best in class PPA for Syntiant’s next generation ASICs.
• RTL to GDSII Physical Design Implementation, including Synthesis, Pad Ring, Floorplan, Placement, Clock Tree Synthesis, Detailed Routing and Optimization, in addition to Physical Signoff Verification.
• Work with Physical Verification Team to clean-up layout violations.
• Work with foundry to complete tape-out related forms and checks.

Requirements

Qualifications, Education, and Experience Required:

• Advanced degree in electronics engineering with 5+ years’ experience in physical design and implementation.
• Excellence in complete RTL to GDSII flow with strong experience in the usage of industry-standard Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for both physical design and timing signoff with a focus on improving PPA (Performance, Power, Area).
• Deep knowledge on industry standards and practices in physical design including physically aware synthesis flow, floor-planning, place & route, metal fill, chip finishing, signal integrity checks, and static/dynamic EMIR-Drop analysis, and formal ESD verification.
• Experience in building chip floorplan including partitions and power grid.
• Experience in Signoff ECO flow to fix timing, noise, IR-Drop and EMIR violations.
• Experience in physical design verification to debug & fix LVS/DRC/PERC issues at the chip/block level using industry standard tools.
• Experience in UPF flow.
• Experience in tape-out related communication with foundry (forms, jobview, etc).
• Experience in package, RDL routing design.
• Experience with Programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python or Perl, tcl).
• Experience with scan insertion and ATPG pattern generation is a plus.
• Experience with power analysis flows is a plus.

Benefits

Benefits Summary:

• Medical: Several plan options including PPO and HSA-compatible plans from Anthem Blue Cross, most of which are 100% paid by Syntiant Corp. for you and your family. 
• Dental: Company-paid dental PPO coverage from MetLife, including coverage for Orthodontia. 
• Vision: Company-paid vision PPO coverage from MetLife / VSP. 
• Life Insurance / AD&D: Company-paid basic Life / AD&D coverage in the amount of 3x your salary (up to $1,000,000). Additional supplemental life insurance with low group rates is available for yourself and your family. 
• Disability Coverage: Company-paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage provides up to 60% income replacement protection. 
• Spending and Savings Accounts: Flexible Spending Account (FSA) benefits for Health Care and Dependent Care. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) for those enrolled in a qualified Medical plan. 
• 401K Retirement Plan: Administered by Empower, the 401(k) plan allows you to plan for your future by investing a portion of each paycheck. 
• Other Benefits: A company-provided Employee Assistance Program (EAP), as well as access to additional voluntary benefits including Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Support, and Identity Fraud Protection.

About Syntiant:

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Syntiant Corp. is a leader in delivering hardware and software solutions for edge AI deployment. The company’s purpose-built silicon and hardware-agnostic models are being deployed globally to power edge AI speech, audio, sensor and vision applications across a wide range of consumer and industrial use cases, from earbuds to automobiles. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors. Syntiant also provide