# Principal ASIC Physical Design Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Bengaluru
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

Our Hardware Engineers at Synopsys are responsible for designing and developing cutting-edge semiconductor solutions. They work on intricate tasks such as chip architecture, circuit design, and verification to ensure the efficiency and reliability of semiconductor products. These engineers play a crucial role in advancing technology and enabling innovations in various industries.

You are the person teams turn to when timing closure looks impossible and the clock tree feels like a puzzle with missing pieces. You know the difference between a design that passes signoff and one that ships with margin to spare, because you have spent years making those calls at 7nm and below. You do not just push buttons in ICC2 or PrimeTime,you know why a constraint matters, and you catch issues before they ripple downstream. When someone asks about integrating a tricky mixed-signal macro, you have a mental toolkit of what can go wrong and how to make it work. You thrive on the hard problems: GHz-level timing, power optimization, and the reality of silicon bring-up. You want your work to show up in real products, not just in a tapeout report. Sharing what you know is second nature,mentoring junior engineers, reviewing a teammate’s floorplan, or explaining a tradeoff to a colleague in the US. You care about getting the details right, but you do not get stuck in them. You move projects forward, ask the right questions, and always look for a better way to do things.

Implement and integrate Physical Design for ASICs at advanced nodes (10nm, 7nm, 6nm and below) using tools like Synopsys ICC2, PrimeTime, and StarRC. Drive timing closure for high-frequency designs above 4GHz, handling constraint management, analysis, and optimization. Work hands-on with clock tree synthesis, skew balancing, and robust clock distribution for complex SoCs and IPs. Collaborate closely with teams in Bangalore and the US, joining technical discussions, design reviews, and troubleshooting sessions. Integrate mixed-signal hard macro IPs, solving unique interface and floorplan challenges as they arise. Mentor junior engineers, sharing best practices and elevating the team’s technical capability. Develop and optimize automation scripts in Tcl, Perl, or Python to streamline physical design flows and improve productivity. Support and improve methodologies for floorplanning, placement, routing, and power optimization.

Deliver HPC Controller IPs that will power the next wave of consumer and enterprise devices. Push Synopsys’ reputation for silicon-proven, high-performance IP at the most advanced process nodes. Raise the bar for quality and innovation in timing closure, clock tree synthesis, and mixed-signal integration. Help global teams align and execute, ensuring projects hit milestones and customers get what they need, on time. Enable faster, more robust tapeouts by improving design flows and mentoring the next generation of engineers. Influence product differentiation through hands-on technical contributions and creative problem solving. Shorten time-to-market for customers by anticipating and solving critical design challenges early.

## Skills

### Required
- Physical Design
- ASIC
- Synopsys ICC2
- PrimeTime
- StarRC
- Timing Closure
- Clock Tree Synthesis
- Skew Balancing
- Robust Clock Distribution
- Mixed-Signal Hard Macro IPs
- Automation Scripts
- Tcl
- Perl
- Python
- Floorplanning
- Placement
- Routing
- Power Optimization

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