Physical Design Engineer Full Chip Implementation
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Etched is an AI-hardware company building rack-scale frontier inference clusters.
San Jose, United States
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About Etched
Etched co-designs chips, racks, software, and manufacturing systems for efficient inference of frontier AI models, targeting throughput, latency, cost, and power efficiency across prefill and decode workloads.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own full-chip implementation from synthesis through GDSII completion. You will manage clocking, multi-mode multi-corner timing closure, constraints, ECOs, physical verification, and tapeout signoff. You will debug layout issues, build repeatable physical-verification methods, optimize PPA, and provide feedback to RTL designers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of chip-planning, top-level physical-design, and floorplanning experience
- Experience with full-chip closure on 5 nm or smaller process nodes
- Experience with Cadence Innovus and Genus or Synopsys Fusion Compiler
- Experience with Synopsys PrimeTime and Cadence Tempus timing signoff
- Experience with Pegasus or Calibre physical-verification signoff
- Experience with hierarchical timing budgets, constraint management, and ECO closure
- Experience using Cadence Innovus for top-level assembly, routing, and layout fixes
Responsibilities
- Own full-chip clocking across PVT corners and modes
- Manage top-level multi-mode multi-corner timing closure
- Own timing constraints and hierarchical timing budgets
- Drive functional and timing ECO closure through final tapeout signoff
- Own physical-verification closure across block, subsystem, and full-chip levels
- Debug physical-verification violations and fix layout issues using Innovus
- Build repeatable tapeout-ready physical-verification methodology
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with generous premium coverage
- USD 500 monthly credit for waiving medical benefits
- USD 2,500 monthly housing subsidy for employees living within walking distance of the office
- Relocation support to San Jose
- Wellness benefits for fitness and mental health
- Daily office lunch and dinner
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification