R&D Engineer (Placement and Route)

Job Title

R&D Engineer (Placement and Route)

Role Summary

Member of the R&D engineering team focused on placement and routing for digital ASIC physical design. The role works on developing, validating and maintaining physical design flows, automation, and debug methods for production designs.

Primary interactions include collaborating with design teams, EDA tool engineers, and verification teams to achieve timing, power and manufacturability goals.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Specific years of experience not specified in the source posting.

Responsibilities

Typical responsibilities for this role include the following:

• Develop and maintain placement and routing flows and automation for digital designs.
• Integrate and validate EDA tool flows and scripts for timing closure, CTS, and routing.
• Debug physical design issues related to timing, congestion, signal integrity, and DRC violations.
• Collaborate with RTL designers, timing engineers, and signoff teams to meet design goals.
• Document flows, reproduce issues, and provide actionable fixes or tool workarounds.

Requirements

Key qualifications and skills (source did not provide an explicit list; below are concise, typical expectations for this role):

• Must-have: Practical experience or knowledge of placement and routing concepts and physical design flows.
• Must-have: Scripting proficiency (Tcl, Python) for automation and tool integration.
• Must-have: Ability to analyze timing reports, congestion, and DRC/LVS-related issues.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with Synopsys or comparable physical-design EDA tools and signoff flows.
• Nice-to-have: Experience targeting advanced process nodes and working with cross-team design signoff.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Synopsys

Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA

Synopsys is a leading company in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP solutions. It provides tools and services for designing and verifying complex semiconductor devices and systems. The company plays a pivotal role in the semiconductor industry, helping engineers innovate and deliver higher-quality products faster. Synopsys is committed to advancing technology standards and offers a range of software and hardware solutions to its clients globally.