Physical Design Engineer
Volantis SemiconductorJob Title
Physical Design Engineer
Role Summary
Responsible for managing and executing the physical design flow for dies that comprise the company's A-0 and A-1 systems. Work includes deciding which work is performed in-house versus outsourced, managing external vendors, and integrating outsourced work into the internal flow.
Experience Level
Mid-level engineering role. The posting does not specify exact years of experience; candidates are expected to have hands-on physical design experience on advanced-node tapeouts.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include delivering physical design blocks, coordinating with internal teams and external vendors, and ensuring successful tapeouts.
- Manage and execute the physical design process for dies in A-0 and A-1 systems.
- Decide which tasks are performed in-house versus outsourced; manage and coordinate outsourced vendors.
- Integrate outsourced deliverables into the in-house physical design flow and verification.
- Identify PPA (performance, power, area) limiters from RTL and coordinate with microarchitects to implement RTL changes.
- Participate in tapeout planning, reviews, and debug of physical-design-related issues.
Requirements
Must-have technical experience and practical skills required for the role, followed by desirable qualifications.
- Must-have: Hands-on experience with the physical design process for at least one block in multiple advanced-node tapeouts.
- Must-have: Experience with both in-house and outsourced physical design flows and vendor coordination.
- Must-have: Ability to interpret RTL to identify PPA limiters and coordinate RTL changes with microarchitects.
- Nice-to-have: Physical-design experience for multi-die / multi-chiplet / MCM designs.
- Nice-to-have: Experience with reticle-max or near-reticle-max designs.
- Nice-to-have: Experience with very high power-density chips and AI-focused designs.
- Nice-to-have: Experience with analog and mixed-signal blocks and macros in the physical design flow.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
About the Company
Company: Volantis Semiconductor
Semiconductor hardware startup developing wafer-scale heterogeneous packages that integrate silicon and compound semiconductor dies for high-TDP AI platforms. Focus areas include advanced packaging design and process development, interposer technologies, thermal/mechanical challenges, and system co-design.
