Description
We are now looking for a motivated Physical Design and Timing Engineer – Intern to join our dynamic and growing team.
Job Description: As a Physical Design and Timing Engineer – Intern, you will drive physical design, power, and timing closure for high-frequency and low-power designs. You will help drive frontend and backend implementation in select areas, from RTL to GDSII, and run physical design experiments to help develop flows and methodologies.
Responsibilities:
- Drive physical design, power, and timing closure for high-frequency and low-power designs.
- Help drive frontend and backend implementation in select areas, from RTL to GDSII.
- Run physical design experiments and help develop flows and methodologies.
Requirements:
- Pursuing an MS or Ph.D. in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- Familiarity with applying AI/ML techniques to physical design workflows to accelerate design, analysis, or automation tasks.
- Knowledge of or experience with Static Timing Analysis (STA), power analysis, and power reduction.
- Some experience in logic synthesis and equivalence checking.
- Experience with physical optimization, e.g., placement, routing, clock tree, etc.
- Some background in industry-standard EDA tools (e.g., Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens, etc.).
- Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Perl, Tcl, Make, Python, etc.
Nice to Have:
- Hands-on experience applying AI/ML models or LLM-based tools to solve EDA, design automation, or physical design problems.
- Previous work experience in physical design.
- Experience in methodology and/or flow development/automation.
Interview Process: The interview process for this internship will include submitting a solution to a technical problem in the form of a short PowerPoint slide deck.
Benefits: You will also be eligible for Intern benefits.
Pay Rate: The hourly rate for our interns is $20 - $71 USD.