Senior physical design engineer

Technical Lead - Back-end Physical Design (Permanent)

Location: Paris or Caen (preference) or remote within France

Salary: Package up to €110,000 Gross Per Annum + Company Benefits


Are you looking to be a the forefront of advanced IC design?

What about an opportunity to join a specialist in cutting-edge mixed-signal and SoC solutions?


A pioneering semiconductor company at the forefront of advanced integrated circuit design, specializing in cutting-edge mixed-signal SoC solutions is on a looking for a technical leader to play a keyrole in the definition, implementation and supervision of state-of-art physical designs.


As a Technical Lead in Back-end Physical Design, you will play a crucial role in defining, implementing, and supervising the back-end design methodology and flow. Acting as the technical mentor and domain expert, you'll work closely with product teams and customers, ensuring the quality and integrity of designs through all stages of the development lifecycle.


You will be responsible for maintainigng best practices in physical design, overseeing the delivery of very complex multi-hierarchy low-power IC's, and driving innovation within advanced technology nodes.


Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the methodology and implementation of back-end physical design processes for digital and analog / mixed-signal SoC's

• Ensure seamless collaboratin and hand-off between digital, front-end and analog layout teams

• Drive technical reviews, provide mentorship and ensure comprehensive documentation of deliverables

• Deliver full-chip and IP-level physical design including synthesis, floorplanning, place & route, timing analysis and physical verification


Your background:

• Expert knowledge in physical design with proven tape-out experience

• Extensive understanding of RTL-to-GDSII flow and process nodes like FDSOI and FinFET

• Deep understanding in low-power design methodologies ie. Power Gatig, Multi-Voltage domains and UPF/CPF

• Strong background in logic synthesis, static timing analysis, floorplanning, power grid planning and physical verification

• Advanced knowledge of Python/TCL or Perl for scripting


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