Senior Physical Design Engineer

Senior Physical Design Role

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

Key Responsibilities

• Physical Design Implementation: Perform floor planning, partitioning, physical implementation, and timing constraint development for complex IC designs, ensuring robust STA and EM/IR closure.

• Timely, High-Quality Delivery: Own block-level delivery across multiple milestones with a focus on quality, completeness, and schedule adherence.

• Clock & Routing Optimization: Optimize clock tree architectures, guide routing strategies, and drive extraction quality improvements.

• PnR Execution: Manage the entire place-and-route cycle, including macro/IP integration, hierarchical design, and signoff readiness.

• Leadership & Planning: Provide accurate area and effort estimates, contribute to planning, and lead execution to meet project goals and timelines.

• Team Collaboration: Work effectively with cross‑functional peers and demonstrate strong teamwork and communication skills.

• Automation & Efficiency: Develop automation to improve flow robustness, efficiency, and overall PPA quality.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 5–8 years of hands-on physical design implementation, flow development, and Tempus-based STA analysis.

• PPA Expertise: Proven ability to meet aggressive PPA targets for SoC designs, including advanced place-and-route and IP integration.

• Methodology Knowledge: Strong understanding of ASIC physical design flows, best practices, and signoff methodologies.

• Tools & Technologies:

– Cadence PD Flow (Required): Innovus (PnR), Tempus (STA), Quantus (Extraction), Voltus (IR/EM).

– Experience with signoff tools such as Calibre.

• Advanced Nodes: Hands-on experience across multiple advanced technology nodes.

• Digital Fundamentals: Strong grasp of digital electronics and physical design fundamentals.

• Efficiency Focus: Experience improving design flow efficiency and reducing cycle time.

Soft Skills

• Strong English communication skills (written and verbal).

• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.

• High ownership, accountability, and time management.

Education

• BE or MTech in Electronics Engineering, VLSI, or a related discipline.

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

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Experience Level

Senior Level