
Staff Physical Design Engineer, HBM
Eightfold
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Richardson • Idaho • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $135,000 - $286,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Implement layout changes to resolve issues identified on current HBM designs on silicon and drive towards a timely and efficient tapeout.
- Interact with teams like DE, PE, PI and TD to understand the challenges due to process limitations and propose layout solutions to alleviate the issues.
- Be proactive in identifying and flagging design issues, performance problems, and opportunities to improve design performance and reduce power consumption.
- Responsible for floor plans that optimize circuit placement, signal routing, and power delivery.
- Deliver block-level (analog or mixed signal) layouts using advanced foundry process node if needed.
- Contribute to the development of new HBM product opportunities by assisting with the overall planning and optimization of Memory, Logic, and Analog circuits layout.
- Debug and identify root causes and solutions for pre-silicon and post-silicon issues encountered in current HBM products.
- Mentor new hires as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- 8+ years (BS) or 6+ years (MS) of relevant experience
- Expertise in Cadence VLE/VXL and Mentor Graphics Calibre DRC/LVS
- Strong grasp of analog layout fundamentals including matching, electro-migration, latch-up, coupling, crosstalk, IR-drop, and parasitics
- Hands-on experience crafting analog and mixed-signal layouts (e.g., sense amplifiers, LDOs, PLLs)
Benefits
- choice of medical, dental and vision plans
- benefit programs to protect income if unable to work due to illness or injury
- paid family leave
- robust paid time-off program
- paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
analog layout fundamentalsmixed-signal layoutspower delivery optimizationsignal routingcircuit placementdebuggingroot cause analysisperformance improvementpower consumption reductiontapeout
Soft Skills
proactive problem solvingmentoring