Physcial Design Engineer - United States
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves executing physical design tasks for ASIC chip partitions, focusing on synthesis, place and route, and static timing analysis.
What you'll do
- Execute synthesis, PNR, and STA for assigned ASIC chip partitions.
- Collaborate with architects, RTL designers, and DFT engineers to resolve implementation and signoff issues.
- Close EM/IR, drive LEC, and physical verification signoff for partitions.
- Partner with the design team to identify and address potential physical design challenges.
- Contribute to the refinement of implementation and physical design methodologies, including synthesis, place and route (PnR), electromigration and IR (EMIR), power delivery network (PDN), and logical equivalence checking (LEC).
- Troubleshoot flow issues and collaborate with EDA vendors.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in physical design and implementation, encompassing synthesis, PnR, timing convergence, and physical verification.
- Proficiency in utilizing Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools such as Innovus, Tempus, and Quantus.
- Deep understanding of physical design flows and methodologies.
- Proven ability to adhere to tight schedules and implement low-power design techniques.
- Experience in System-on-Chip (SoC) design and implementation.
- Expertise in sub-7nm node technologies.
- Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools and their capabilities.
- Strong scripting skills in TCL to develop custom flows and methodologies on standard EDA tools from Cadence/Synopsys.
Skills: synthesis, PNR, STA, EM/IR, physical verification
This role has been open 9 days — well below the 60-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
60 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 | Arrow Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (664 roles · 80 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 664 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 4 | 1449 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 93 d | 60 d (+33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: synthesis, PNR, STA, EM/IR, physical verification
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 122 open roles · median 44 d
- AMD · 63 open roles · median 22 d
- NVIDIA · 40 open roles · median 70 d
- Synopsys · 37 open roles · median 30 d
- Intel Corporation · 34 open roles · median 9 d
- Broadcom · 32 open roles · median 95 d
How we counted: 664 open Physical Design (Physical Design) roles from 80 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 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.