[Remote] Physical Design Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Avance Consulting is seeking a Physical Design Engineer for a remote contract role. The engineer will execute end-to-end physical design and signoff activities, achieve timing closure, resolve verification violations, and collaborate with RTL, DFT, foundry, and CAD teams. The role also involves debugging design issues and improving methodologies through automation.

Responsibilities

• Perform end‑to‑end physical design flow:
• Floorplanning
• Power planning (PG grid, IR)
• Placement & optimization
• CTS (Clock Tree Synthesis)
• Routing
• Post‑route optimization
• Achieve timing closure across all modes and corners
• Resolve DRC, LVS, ERC and signoff violations
• Handle low‑power design techniques:
• Multi‑Vt, Multi‑voltage (UPF)
• Power gating, clock gating
• Perform physical verification and signoff:
• STA (Primetime)
• SI / Crosstalk
• IR drop & EM analysis
• Collaborate with:
• RTL & Micro‑architecture teams
• DFT & Test engineers
• Foundry and CAD teams
• Debug complex timing, congestion, power, and variability issues
• Drive methodology improvements and automation (scripts/flows)

Skills

• Exposure to TSMC 2NP/3NP
• Work on advanced nodes (7nm, 5nm, 3nm or below)

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement

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