Staff Physical Design Engineer

Eightfold

Staff Physical Design Engineer designing high-speed interface chips at Micron Technology. Responsible for full physical design flow, from synthesized netlist to GDSII with a focus on timing and power integrity.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeMinneapolis • California, Idaho, Minnesota, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $178,000 - $389,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and implement full-chip floorplans in collaboration with analog and digital teams
Execute place and route, timing closure, and ECOs through final sign-off
Own static timing, power integrity, and physical verification closure
Integrate scan and support DFT and ATPG execution
Coordinate with foundry and document PD decisions for follow-on designs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
8+ years of physical design experience with at least one full chip tape-out
Hands-on expertise with Cadence Innovus and Tempus
Experience closing DRC, LVS, and ERC using Calibre
Proven ability to own PD decisions and drive issues to closure on small teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental plans
Vision plans
Paid family leave
Paid time-off program
Paid holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-chip floorplansplace and routetiming closureECOsstatic timingpower integrityphysical verificationDFTATPGDRC

Soft Skills

ability to own PD decisionsdrive issues to closurecollaborationcoordination