Physical Design Engineer
BroadcomJob Title
Physical Design Engineer
Role Summary
Work in Broadcom's Data Center Solutions Group on physical IC design for PCIe switch and enterprise storage products. The role focuses on RTL-to-silicon physical design tasks to achieve timing closure, power integrity, and manufacturable layouts for datacenter-class chips.
Experience Level
Senior-level role — requires 12+ years of relevant physical IC design experience.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include:
- Execute the full physical design flow: synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and physical verification.
- Set up and synthesize RTL and drive top-level static timing analysis (STA).
- Perform EM/IR analysis and other power-integrity checks.
- Floorplanning and clock-tree synthesis, including custom clock trees and skew control.
- Develop and improve flow and methodology; automate flows with scripting and EDA tools.
- Collaborate with RTL and circuit design teams to resolve timing, layout, and integration issues.
Requirements
Must-have skills and constraints:
- 12+ years of ASIC physical design experience.
- Hands-on experience with synthesis, place-and-route, STA, and physical verification signoff.
- Proficiency in TCL and Perl scripting for flow automation.
- Strong experience with commercial EDA tools for physical design and timing closure.
- Proven ability to deliver RTL-to-tape-out projects.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must work on-site at the Colorado Springs, CO campus; no remote work allowed.
Education Requirements
Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering. The posting specifies a Bachelor’s as required; 12+ years of relevant experience is also required.
About the Company
Company: Broadcom
Headquarters: Irvine, California, United States
Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is known for its innovations in wireless and broadband communications, enabling a connected world.
