Physical Design Methodology & Flow Engineer

About the roel

SambaNova Systems is looking for a talented and motivated Physical design flow owner/lead to help us build state of the art RDU chips for machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain physical composition flow utilizing Cadence tool sets, including Genus, Innovus, Cerebrus, , etc.

Closely work with physical designers to address a diverse range of flow and design issues.

Collaborate with tool vendors to address tool bugs and flow enhancement.

Required Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

5+ years of industry experience in physical design and flow development

Strong understanding of rtl to gds flow and mythologies, including synthesis and place and route;

Proficiency in scripting languages, e.g. TCL, Perl and Python, etc. is required;

Good understanding physical design rules especially for TSMC advanced technology nodes 3nm below;

Familiarity with Cadence physical design reference flow and mythologies is highly desirable;

Fluency in Claude / AI tools for flow development is a plus

Base Salary Range:

Base Pay Range

$180,000—$255,000 USD