Staff Physical Design Engineer

Job Title

Staff Physical Design Engineer

Role Summary

The Staff Physical Design Engineer combines hands-on implementation expertise with technical leadership. The role is responsible for complex block and top-level physical design for advanced-node SoCs and leads a small team of engineers to ensure high quality and timely delivery.

Experience Level

Mid-level, typically requiring 8–12 years of experience in physical design or an equivalent level of mastery.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Own end-to-end physical design implementation, including floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, and ECO for complex blocks or subsystems.
• Drive closure on timing, IR/EM, signal integrity, and physical verification while ensuring PPA and quality targets are met.
• Define hierarchical PNR strategies, IO ring structures, and integration guidelines for large SoCs.
• Analyze and debug tool issues, timing failures, and design anomalies, proposing robust solutions.
• Develop and maintain physical design methodologies and scripts.
• Provide technical direction to a team of engineers and mentor junior staff in PNR and debugging practices.
• Work cross-functionally with RTL design, STA, DFT, CAD, and packaging teams for implementation-friendly architecture.

Requirements

Qualifications include:

• Strong experience in physical design implementation for complex digital SoCs.
• Expertise in industry-standard PNR and signoff tools.
• Success in closing designs on advanced nodes that are timing, IR, and congestion-critical.
• Solid understanding of floorplanning, power grid, PDN methodologies, clock tree design, STA constraints, and physical verification.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Analog Devices

Headquarters: Norwood, Massachusetts, USA

Analog Devices is a leading global semiconductor company that bridges the physical and digital worlds, enabling breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. With a focus on innovation, ADI develops solutions that drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare. The company employs around 24,000 people globally and reported revenues exceeding $9 billion in FY24, creating technologies that transform lives across various sectors.