PD Intern - San Jose, United States
Originally posted 19 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Physical Design intern at Etched, you will assist in realizing front-end designs in silicon and improving iteration speed to final signoff.
What you'll do
- Assist in developing and running physical design flows to synthesize blocks. - Automate final design checks. - Advise RTL design decisions.
What you'll need
- Progress towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field. - Familiarity with high-speed digital logic. - Exposure to ASIC or SoC design concepts. - Familiarity with SystemVerilog, UVM, or Python. - Familiarity with verification work and writing test benches. - Familiarity with physical design flows and tooling.
Skills: Physical Design flows, synthesize blocks, final design checks, RTL design decisions, ASIC or SoC design
This role has been open 219 days — well above the 62-day median for Physical Design roles.
Physical Design · Physical Design
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Open roles in category
664
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Etched | All employers we track in this specialty (664 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 664 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 8 | 1484 · 110 employers |
| Median days open | 91 d | 62 d (+29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: Physical Design flows, synthesize blocks, final design checks, RTL design decisions, ASIC or SoC design
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 119 open roles · median 45 d
- AMD · 61 open roles · median 27 d
- Intel Corporation · 40 open roles · median 15 d
- NVIDIA · 38 open roles · median 67 d
- Synopsys · 38 open roles · median 36 d
- Broadcom · 35 open roles · median 101 d
How we counted: 664 open Physical Design (Physical Design) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.