Sr Design Engineer

Job Title

Senior Design Engineer

Role Summary

Staff physical-design engineer responsible for executing and leading ASIC physical implementation projects (floorplanning through signoff) for Cadence Korea. The role focuses on physical implementation, verification, and methodology development for advanced-node, low-power and high-speed designs.

Works with RTL designers and cross-functional teams to deliver tapeouts and improve physical-design flows and automation.

Experience Level

Senior - requires substantial experience; the posting specifies 9+ years of ASIC design and physical implementation experience.

Responsibilities

Primary hands-on and leadership responsibilities include:

• Perform floorplanning, power-grid design, placement, routing, and clock tree synthesis.
• Drive timing closure, static timing analysis, and STA-related optimizations.
• Execute power and signal integrity signoff, EM/IR analysis, and crosstalk evaluations.
• Perform physical verification tasks: DRC, LVS, antenna checks, and DFM closure.
• Participate in or lead development of next-generation physical-design methodologies and flows.
• Collaborate with RTL teams to ensure successful tapeouts and handoff quality.
• Verify, test, and characterize designs; take ownership of technical deliverables.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, experience, and attributes:

• 9+ years experience with ASIC design flow and hierarchical physical-design strategies.
• Deep understanding of sub-micron technology issues and advanced-node implementation challenges.
• Strong expertise in low-power design techniques, DFT, static timing analysis, and timing closure.
• Experience with place-and-route, clock tree synthesis, power-grid design, EM/IR-drop analysis, and crosstalk analysis.
• Proven experience with physical verification (DRC/LVS/antenna), signoff flows, and DFM practices.
• Hands-on, able to verify and characterize own designs; able to work independently and lead technical tasks.
• Good English communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience developing physical-design methodology, flows, or automation.
• Prior work on low-power, high-speed designs at leading technology nodes.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Cadence Design Systems

Headquarters: San Jose, California, USA

Cadence Design Systems is a global electronic design automation company that provides software, hardware, and intellectual property for designing advanced semiconductor chips. With over 25 years in the industry, Cadence is known for its innovative technology solutions and has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. The company is dedicated to solving complex technical challenges in order to enable customers to create revolutionary products and experiences.