What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Design Engineer (SoC) position at Protingent?
Job Description
Job Title: Physical Design Engineer (SoC)
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract opportunity for Physical Design Engineer (SoC) with our client located in San Jose, CA.
Job Description:
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Job Title: Physical Design Engineer (SoC)
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract opportunity for Physical Design Engineer (SoC) with our client located in San Jose, CA.
Job Description:
- We are looking for a results-oriented Physical Design Engineer(Contractor) to join our design team.
- You will be working on the physical design of leading edge designs supporting mobile applications.
- The role and responsibility includes taking the design from synthesized gates to delivery of GDS for tapeout.
- To ensure success as a physical design engineer, you should demonstrate extensive knowledge of place and route and tapeout session.
- Perform physical implementation in Synopsys tools (ICC2)
- Develop and maintain the tool flow to support the project.
- Work with Team to enhance PD methodology.
- Fixing DRC/LVS issues
- Fixing voltage drop violations
- Timing ECOs.
- Experience in advanced node processes 16nm and below.
- Experience with industry-standard tools, preference for Synopsys flow.
- Understanding of Implementation flow
- Understanding of timing constraints and static timing analysis (STA).
- Experience with Calibre for DRC/LVS checks, and automation through scripting such as Perl, Python, Tcl & Make.
- Must Have 5 years latest experience on Synopsys physical design tool, ICC2 experience Strong Place and route skills Strong technical knowledge and tapeout experience.
- Must Have Need to handle multiple blocks for 28nm, 14nm and 8nm Strong Calibre DRC/LVS experience.
- Must Have Experience with Star-RC extraction Working on timing and functional ECO Hands-on experience with low-power implementation experience.
- Must Have TCL scripting skills.
- Must Have Good debugging skills and find a workaround for tool issues.
- Must Have Developing codes, as well as maintaining layout automation features and macros in layout entry tools.
- Job Type: Contract
- Pay Range: $80-$100 an hour.
- Location: San Jose, CA (3 days office/hybrid).
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Salary : $80 - $100