STA / Synthesis Engineer

SMTS Silicon Design Engineer

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The Role

As a member of the AECG ASIC Group, you will help bring to life cutting-edge designs. As a member of the Back-end design/integration team, you will work closely with the architecture, IP design, Physical Design teams, and product engineers to achieve first pass silicon success.

The Person

A successful candidate will work with senior silicon design engineers. The candidate will be highly accurate and detail-oriented, possessing good communication and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development of complex multi-mode / multi-corner timing constraints that are compatible for RTL and signoff
• Ensuring constraints quality (SDC) using industry tools like Fishtail, GCA
• Well versed with timing signoff methodology and corner definitions
• Drive the pre-route timing checks and QoR clean up to eliminate SDC issues and ensure a quality handoff for STA checks
• Requires a mix of SDC knowledge, EDA timing tool competence and Tcl based scripting capability (in both EDA environment and standalone Linux Tcl shell scripts)
• Responsible for Timing closure of one or multiple sub chip/subsystem OR Full chip. Ensuring full chip level Interface timing closure along DRV closure
• Generating timing ECO using tools DMSA/Tweaker and leading subsystem/Subchip/FC timing closure

Preferred Experience

12+ years of experience in building the timing constraints for IPs, blocks and Full-chip implementation in both flat/hierarchical flows. Successfully led static timing analysis (STA) and closure for 2–3 SoC projects from RTL to tape-out. Proficient in analyzing SoC architecture to derive appropriate timing constraints and define STA methodology. Skilled in translating architectural and design specifications into accurate timing constraints (SDC), including clock definitions, generated clocks, exceptions (false paths, multi-cycle paths), and hierarchical timing. Coordinated cross-functional efforts across design, synthesis, P&R, and verification teams to ensure timing signoff. Owned timing budgets, constraint development, and timing ECOs, achieving first-pass silicon success. Experience with analyzing the timing reports and identifying both the design and constraints related issues. Preferred EDA tool experience: Synopsys Design Compiler/Primetime, Spyglass, Fishtail, Tweaker etc. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and always enthusiastic to collaborate with diverse teams. Experience in timing closure of high frequency blocks & subsystems (> Ghz range) Experience in working full-chip STA closure, defining mode requirements and corners for timing closure. Strong Understanding of DFT modes requirements for timing signoff Good understanding of physical design flow and ECO implementation. Strong understanding of SDC constraints, OCV,AOCV,POCV analysis. Strong TCL/scripting knowledge is mandatory. Academic credentials: Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering