Job Description
Microchip's MCU16 business unit is looking for a principal physical design engineer to support the design and production of 16 bit microcontroller SOC chipsets . The role involves full chip level physical design activities , full chip integration of macros and peripherals and physical verification of full chip designs to support the MCU16 product pipelines . Successful candidate will play a significant role in generating optimized PD solutions for first pass silicon success in MCU16 .
Job Requirements
BE/MTech/MS with 8+ years and experience as below.
- Floor planning/Power planning and Place and Route at block level and chip level
- Expert user of Synopsys ICC (or ICC2) – Floor-planning, Place & Route and Clock Tree Synthesis
- In depth knowledge of CTS and customized clock implementations
- Integration of IO/Analog and Digital blocks
- Knowledge of SI prevention and fixing techniques
- Participated in timing ecos and timing closure related PD activities
- Proficiency in pre-silicon and post-silicon ECO implementation
- Knowledge of DCT and interacted with tools like PT/ physical guidance
- Experience in STA/ Synthesis and Formality tools ( Desired )
- Execute physical verification checks (LVS, DRC, ANT, DFM etc)
- Familiarity with tapeout process for various fabs.
- Knowledge of power analysis tools like Redhawk preferred . Preferably analyzed or debugged EM and IR issues in full chip multi corner analysis
- Interact with the CAD team to ensure coordination on layout related tools/libraries/scripts for timely release
- Interface with other design engineers , provide feedback and implement enhancements as part of design methodology improvements to improve product cycle times .
- Experience in Microcontrollers or similar IC designs on 90nm/40nm process nodes ( Desired )
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with global teams
- Good exposure to scripting with TCL, PERL, or Python
- Should be self motivated and must have a passion to debug or root cause tool and flow issues
