Physical Design Engineer

Job Title

Physical Design Engineer

Role Summary

Design and verify digital integrated circuits for TI products, translating system requirements into silicon implementations. Work on CPU/DSP subsystem components including 64-bit DSP processor cores, MMU, and heterogeneous multicore shared memory and cache systems.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The posting does not specify years of experience.

Responsibilities

The role focuses on digital architecture, design, modeling and verification across block and system levels.

• Define, design, model and verify digital circuits to meet performance, power, cost and schedule targets.
• Analyze architecture trade-offs and provide high-level guidance to meet specification and performance goals.
• Participate in design reviews and produce required design and product documentation.
• Develop behavioral and system-level models; drive model-based development and verification.
• Supervise IC layouts and coordinate with layout teams to ensure implementation quality.
• Characterize prototypes, develop test specifications, and coordinate with test/product engineering for product release.
• Collaborate with business and system engineering teams to define mutually agreeable design specifications.

Requirements

Skills and experience expected. Degree details are in the Education Requirements section below.

• Must-have: Practical experience in digital IC design and verification, including RTL/HDL design and system-level modeling.
• Must-have: Ability to analyze architecture trade-offs and produce design documentation and review artifacts.
• Must-have: Experience characterizing prototypes and defining test specifications.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with DSP processor cores, ARM processors, CPU simulator development, or vector ISA architecture.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with heterogeneous multicore shared memory/cache systems and cache coherence.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity supervising layout teams and working with product/test engineering to drive releases.
• Interpersonal: Strong communication, teamwork, problem-solving, initiative and time-management skills.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related field. The posting specifies a cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher.

About the Company

Company: Texas Instruments

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for various markets including industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. The company's innovations aim to make electronics more affordable and reliable, fostering advancements in technology through each generation of semiconductors.