Physical Design Timing Engineer

Intel Corporation

Physical Design Timing Engineer managing timing analysis and optimization for DDRPHY IP design at Intel. Collaborating across architecture, logic, and physical design to drive performance and efficiency goals.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timePhoenix • Arizona, California, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $141,910 - $269,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform chip/block-level timing analysis and optimization for IP
Generate and verify timing constraints, conducting timing rollups for efficient physical design processes.
Design and optimize power and performance-efficient clock networks, ensuring adherence to product requirements.
Develop and refine methodologies for high-quality timing models to streamline physical design workflows.
Define process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) conditions for timing analysis based on operating conditions and product binning plans.
Collaborate with architecture, clock design, and logic design teams to develop integration workflows and validate clock network guidelines.
Work closely with backend design teams for clock balance, timing corrections, power delivery, and partitioning strategies.
Conduct noise glitch and signal integrity analysis, ensuring design robustness under diverse conditions.
Contribute to tools, flows, and methodology (TFM) development to support efficient implementation and optimization processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 4+ years of experience, or PhD with 2+ years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field in physical design timing engineering or SoC development.
2+ years of experience with proficiency in static timing analysis tools and methodologies.
Expertise in clock design, timing budgeting, and constraint adaptation.
Hands-on experience with TCL scripting for flow development and optimization.
Strong technical knowledge of physical design fundamentals, including extraction, noise glitch analysis, and signal integrity.
Familiarity with FEM/PV scaling methods and library characterization.

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive pay
stock bonuses
health
retirement
vacation

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Hard Skills & Tools

timing analysistiming optimizationtiming constraintsclock network designtiming modelsprocess voltage temperature (PVT) analysisnoise glitch analysissignal integrity analysisstatic timing analysisTCL scripting