# Physical Design Lead (With STA & Timing Constraints Expertise)

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Sunnyvale
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $209000-$313000
**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.

### Job Description

We are seeking an experienced IC physical design expert to lead and manage local and remote teams for complex Subsystem designs digital implementation and signoff.

### Responsibilities

- Technically lead and manage local and remote teams for complex Subsystem designs digital implementation and signoff.

- Guide signoff quality timing constraints development and qualification for critical Subsystem designs with hundreds of clocks.

- Drive PNR flow and methodology for timing critical muti-million deep sub-micro designs flat/hierarchical digital implementation.

- Handson expertise in all aspects of flat, hierarchical PNR implementation tasks like synthesis, floorplanning, design partitioning, DFT, low power/UPF based implementation, timing constraints, clock tree synthesis, routing and optimization, extraction, timing signoff, signal integrity, physical verification, Power & IR drop signoff to debug and resolve critical implementation bottlenecks.

- Requires close interaction and collaborative teamwork with multiple functional groups front end, analog, PM/PEMs.

- Drive RTL, design partitioning, timing constraints related feedback to Frond-end team for data path optimization, clock & reset architecture improvements for enabling high speed timing closure, PPA improvements.

### Requirements

- MS in Electrical Engineering; 10+ years in physical design, static timing analysis.

- Must Have- SOC Physical Desing Engineer with hands on experience in STA, Timing Constraints development & qualification

- Hands-on RTL-GDSII physical implementation tapeout experience for complex high-speed flat/hierarchical designs.

- Must have experience in leading and managing local, remote implementation teams.

- Expertise of the Synopsys tools, flows and methodologies required to execute physical design projects.

- Strong scripting and software skills.

### What You'll Need

- Inclusive leader and effective communicator.

- Innovative, collaborative, and quality-driven.

- Thrives in dynamic environments.

### The Team You'll Be A Part Of

Join a global engineering team advancing high-speed silicon IP design. We value innovation, inclusion, and technical excellence.

### Rewards and Benefits

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits. Your recruiter will share more details about salary and total rewards during the process.

### Benefits

At Synopsys, innovation is driven by our incredible team around the world. We feel honored to work alongside such talented and passionate individuals who choose to make a difference here every day. We're proud to provide the comprehensive benefits and rewards that our team truly deserves.

Visit Benefits Page

- ### Health & Wellness

Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.

- ### Time Away

In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.

- ### Family Support

Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.

- ### ESPP

Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24 month look-back.

- ### Retirement Plans

Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.

- ### Compensation

Competitive salaries.

\*\* Benefits vary by country and region - check with your recruiter to confirm

### What You'll Be Doing

- Deliver signoff-quality, high-performance silicon solutions.

- Mentor and develop engineering teams.

- Drive process improvements and technical innovation.

- Enhance Synopsys’ leadership in high-speed IP.

- Facilitate successful cross-team collaboration.

- Enable next-generation chip architectures.

### The Impact You Will Have

- Deliver signoff-quality, high-performance silicon solutions.

- Mentor and develop engineering teams.

- Drive process improvements and technical innovation.

- Enhance Synopsys’ leadership in high-speed IP.

- Facilitate successful cross-team collaboration.

- Enable next-generation chip architectures.

### What You’ll Need

- MS in Electrical Engineering; 10+ years in physical design, static timing analysis.

- Must Have- SOC Physical Desing Engineer with hands on experience in STA, Timing Constraints development & qualification

- Hands-on RTL-GDSII physical implementation tapeout experience for complex high-speed flat/hierarchical designs.

- Must have experience in leading and managing local, remote implementation teams.

- Expertise of the Synopsys tools, flows and methodologies required to execute physical design projects.

- Strong scripting and software skills.

### Who You Are

- Inclusive leader and effective communicator.

- Innovative, collaborative, and quality-driven.

- Thrives in dynamic environments.

### The Team You’ll Be A Part Of

Join a global engineering team advancing high-speed silicon IP design. We value innovation, inclusion, and technical excellence.

### Rewards and Benefits

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits. Your recruiter will share more details about salary and total rewards during the process.

### Benefits

At Synopsys, innovation is driven by our incredible team around the world. We feel honored to work alongside such talented and passionate individuals who choose to make a difference here every day. We're proud to provide the comprehensive benefits and rewards that our team truly deserves.

Visit Benefits Page

- ### Health & Wellness

Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.

- ### Time Away

In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.

- ### Family Support

Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.

- ### ESPP

Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24 month look-back.

- ### Retirement Plans

Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.

- ### Compensation

Competitive salaries.

\*\* Benefits vary by country and region - check with your recruiter to confirm

## Skills

### Required
- Physical Design
- STA
- Timing Constraints
- RTL-GDSII
- Synopsys tools
- Scripting
- Software skills
