Senior Designer

HCLTech

Posted 19 Oct 2026

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## Job Summary We are seeking a **Physical Design Engineer** responsible for executing and owning the **RTL‑to‑GDSII implementation flow** for ASIC/SoC designs. The role includes **floorplanning, place & route, timing closure, power integrity, and physical verification**, ensuring high‑quality, tape‑out‑ready silicon. ## Key Responsibilities - Execute complete RTL / Gate‑level Netlist to GDSII flow for blocks or full chip. - Ownership of physical implementation of design partitions/blocks. Responsible for delivering timing clean blocks that meet sign-off targets including DRC, LVS & IR closure for tape‑out readiness. - Floor planning & Power Planning - Timing Closure & STA - CTS & Signal Integrity - Physical Verification & Sign‑off ## Skill Requirements **Technical Skills** **EDA Tools** - **Place & Route:** - Cadence Innovus - Synopsys IC Compiler II / Fusion Compiler - **Timing & Power:** - PrimeTime, Tempus - Voltus / PowerReplay - **Physical Verification:** - Calibre / Pegasus / IC Validator **Flows & Knowledge** - RTL / Netlist‑to‑GDSII - Multi‑Vt / Multi‑Voltage designs - Low power (UPF / COPF) - DFT‑aware physical implementation - Advanced nodes (28nm → 3nm preferred) **Programming/Scripting** - Proficiency in **Python/Perl/Shell scripting** for automation ## Other Requirements **Education** - B.Tech / M.Tech in Electronics / Electrical / Computer Engineering or equivalent - 2-5 years of experience * * * **Soft Skills** - Strong analytical and debugging skills - Good communication and cross-functional collaboration * * *

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