Senior Physical Design Engineer - Signoff Methodology
Cisco · Armenia, Armenia
About this role
<p>This is a hybrid role with four days per week at Cisco’s Yerevan office.</p><p></p><p><b>Meet the Team</b></p><p></p><p>You'll be joining our CAD Physical Design team within Cisco Silicon One, which is responsible for the entire backend methodology and flow development from RTL to GDS. This team is a critical part of the group leading the development of high-quality VLSI designs and supports the creation of advanced silicon. Our design center brings together all silicon hardware and software development fields, encouraging collaboration and technical excellence.</p><p></p><p><b>Your Impact</b></p><p></p><p>As part of our team, you’ll help develop and improve flows for all signoff disciplines and contribute to the evolution of implementation tool flows
You’ll play a key role in enabling the delivery of high-performance, large-scale, and complex devices that push the boundaries of what’s possible in chip design.</p><p></p><ul><li><p>Develop and refine backend methodologies and flows from RTL to GDS, supporting high-quality VLSI design.</p></li><li><p>Contribute to the advancement of all signoff flows, including physical synthesis, place and route, power optimization, timing closure, and physical closure.</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with engineering teams to support and enhance implementation tool flows.</p></li><li><p>Work with advanced silicon technologies and processes to deliver complex and reliable devices.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Minimum Requirements</b></p><p></p><ul><li><p>5+ years of experience as a CAD Physical Design Engineer with PnR and STA or as a Design Engineer with strong backend design experience.</p></li><li><p>B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or a related field.</p></li><li><p>Strong understanding of STA flows.</p></li><li><p>Familiarity with PnR, physical verification (PV), and formal verification (FV).</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Preferred Qualifications</b></p><p></p><ul><li><p>Experience in Physical Design CA
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