Physical Design Engineer

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) at Cisco creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era. You will be part of a global team of creative experts working on Silicon One and other hardware platforms.

Your Impact:

• Develop full-chip floorplans, incorporating architecture, foundry integration guidelines, and IP placement constraints.
• Collaborate with system and package design teams to understand requirements and integrate them into the floorplan.
• Perform hierarchical implementation flow, including partition, pin assignment, clock plan, and bump planning.
• Implement RTL-to-GDSII flow, focusing on performance, power, and die size optimization.
• Analyze existing tool flows and methodologies to identify efficiency gaps and implement improvements.
• Work closely with RTL, DFT, implementation, EDA vendors, and tool/flow teams to enable best-in-class design methodology.
• Utilize proficiency in low-power design methodologies using UPF.
• Define signoff methodologies with foundry and standard cell IP vendors and validate them with Post-Silicon Validation teams.
• Experience using AI tools to improve productivity.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years of Physical Design experience, or Master's degree with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years.
• Experience with RTL2GDSII flow and design tapeouts in 7nm/5nm/3nm or below process technologies.
• Experience working with EDA tools like Innovus, Tempus/Primetime, Redhawk/Voltus, or Calibre/Pegasus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on Fullchip activities, including floor-planning, power-grid planning, partitioning, and pin-assignment.
• Experience with hierarchical design, timing closure, physical design convergence, and power integrity analysis.
• Experience with static timing analysis and concepts, defining timing constraints and exceptions.
• Experience with custom clock (H-Tree or Mesh) at chip level.
• Experience with Python and usage of AI tools.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Paid time away, including holidays, vacation time, and sick time.
• Optional 10 paid days per year to volunteer.

Salary Range: $147,400.00 - $198,200.00 per year