Senior Staff ASIC Physical Design Engineer
Northrop Grumman
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Annapolis Junction • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $197,500 - $296,300 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
PerlPython
About the role
- Responsible for the complete physical implementation at both block and chip levels
- Perform physical design of ASIC designs, including floor planning, placement and routing, clock tree synthesis, physical verification, and IR/EM analysis
- Ensure the final physical implementation meets all design requirements
- Lead team of ASIC engineers to meet design requirements and the schedule
- Collaborate with the front-end team to address and resolve design issues and challenges
- Develop automation and flow enhancements to improve processes and implementation efficiencies
- Report ASIC physical design status to the project leadership
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 14 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 12 years of experience, or a PhD with 9 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields
- U.S Citizenship is required
- The ability to obtain/maintain an Active DoD secret clearance
- Experience in full product life cycle of ASIC Design
- Proficient in backend ASIC design including synthesis and static timing analysis, place and route, and physical verification (LVS/DRC)
- Proficient with Cadence and Siemens ASIC toolset e.g., Innovus, Genus, Tempus, Calibre, etc.
- Has working knowledge in HDL (VHDL/Verilog)
- Proficient in scripting languages such as Tcl, Python or Perl
- Knowledge of DFT, including scan insertion and ATP
- Effective communication and presentation skills and high proficiency in technical problem solving
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
ASIC designphysical designfloor planningplacement and routingclock tree synthesisphysical verificationIR analysisEM analysissynthesisstatic timing analysis
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationpresentationtechnical problem solving
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreePhDActive DoD secret clearance