SpaceX

Internet

Sr.SOC/ASICPhysicalDesignEngineer(SiliconEngineering)

$160–220k Austin, Texas, United States
The Brief

“Sr. SOC/ASIC Physical Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) at SpaceX. Skills: Physical Design, ASIC Implementation, EDA Tools, Scripting. Perform synthesis and physical implementation steps. Develop/improve physical design methodologies”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver cutting-edge solutions that will expand the performance and capabilities of the Starlink network

Industry & Context.

Internet
Problems you'll solve

Resolve design/timing/congestion and flow issues; identify potential solutions

Eligibility Requirements

Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet critical project milestones

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science, 5+ years of ASIC and/or physical design flow development experience in industry

Nice to Have

experience in ASIC/SOC RTL2GDSII physical design and signoff flows, experience with industry standard EDA tools including understanding of their capabilities and underlying algorithms, Knowledge of deep sub-micron FinFET and CMOS solid state physics, Knowledge of CMOS digital design principles, basic standard cells their functionality, standard cell libraries, Understanding of CMOS power dissipation in deep submicron processes leakage/dynamic, Familiar with CMOS analog circuit and physical design, Knowledge of DFT/Scan/MBIST/LBIST and understanding of their impact on physical design flows, Good scripting skills (cshash, Perl, Python, TCL, Makefile etc.)

What You'll Do.

Perform synthesis and physical implementation steps

Develop/improve physical design methodologies

Develop automation scripts

Collaborate with ASIC design team

Drive architectural feasibility studies

power and area design targets

Explore RTL/design tradeoffs

Resolve design/timing/congestion issues

Identify potential solutions

and fix signoff closure issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work alongside world-class cross-disciplinary teams (systems, firmware, architecture, design, validation, product engineering, ASIC implementation); Closely collaborate with the ASIC design team

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