Join the high-performance core physical design team focusing on design methodology, synthesis, and place and route optimization.
Originally posted 13 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is part of the high-performance core physical design team with a focus on design methodology, synthesis, and place and route optimization. You will interface directly with external disciplines such as CAD, DFT, architecture, and foundry partners to refine flow steps and resolve design issues.
What you'll do
- Implement logic and transistor-level circuit design principles, utilizing CAD tools across functional areas including clocks, standard cell libraries, synthesis, place and route, electrical analysis, and physical verification.
- Identify and implement design tradeoffs focused on lower power and higher performance targets.
- Prepare project schedules and scope several months in advance, including setting analysis schedules for flow steps and delivery milestones for circuit macros.
- Prepare technical recommendations and present design tradeoffs during technical reviews.
- Work directly with CAD and other engineering disciplines to address and fix flow steps.
What you'll need
- MS degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Working knowledge of logic and transistor-level circuit design principles.
- Experience with CAD tools across areas such as synthesis, place and route, clocks, electrical analysis, or physical verification.
- Ability to independently execute design work and deliver high-impact technical solutions.
Nice to have
- Mastery of logic, circuit design, CMOS transistor design, and CAD tools for high-performance design.
- Strong physical design experience.
Skills: clock, synthesis, place and route, CMOS, CAD tools, physical design
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 62-day median for Physical Design roles.
Physical Design · Physical Design
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Open roles in category
753
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Median days since first seen
62 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$187k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (753 roles · 90 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 67 | 753 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 92 | 1691 · 121 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 44 d | 62 d (+18 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $187k |
Skills observed across this category: clock, synthesis, place and route, CMOS, CAD tools, physical design
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 119 open roles · median 66 d
- AMD (this employer) · 66 open roles · median 45 d
- Broadcom · 53 open roles · median 24 d
- NVIDIA · 46 open roles · median 85 d
- Synopsys · 44 open roles · median 43 d
- Apple · 32 open roles · median 8 d
How we counted: 753 open Physical Design (Physical Design) roles from 90 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Physical Implementation family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.