Physical Design Clocking Engineer
$105,650 - $149,150 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Physical Design Engineer, you will handle the physical implementation of custom IP and SoC designs, transforming RTL to GDS to produce design databases ready for manufacturing. You will be part of the Data Center Group (DCG) working on technologies for data centers, cloud services, and high-performance computing environments.
What you'll do
- Execute physical design implementation tasks, including synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, and static timing analysis.
- Perform verification and signoff activities, such as equivalence verification, reliability verification, layout verification, and structural design checking.
- Analyze results and provide recommendations to resolve timing, electrical, and design violations.
- Optimize designs to improve product-level parameters, including power, frequency, and area.
- Participate in developing and enhancing physical design methodologies, flows, and automation processes.
- Utilize industry-standard EDA tools to execute and validate physical design workflows.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 0-1 years of hands-on experience in physical design (via internships, academic projects, coursework, or hands-on training) OR a Master's degree in a relevant field with no prior professional experience.
- Proficiency in physical design tools covering synthesis, place and route, and static timing analysis software.
- Familiarity with EDA tools and methodologies used in physical design and verification workflows.
Skills: synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, static timing analysis, RTL to GDS
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 61-day median for Physical Design roles.
Physical Design · Physical Design
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Open roles in category
705
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Median days open
61 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (705 roles · 87 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 33 | 705 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 67 | 1575 · 117 employers |
| Median days open | 25 d | 61 d (−36 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, static timing analysis, RTL to GDS
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 108 open roles · median 56 d
- AMD · 61 open roles · median 36 d
- Broadcom · 49 open roles · median 36 d
- NVIDIA · 45 open roles · median 77 d
- Synopsys · 40 open roles · median 36 d
- Intel Corporation (this employer) · 32 open roles · median 26 d
How we counted: 705 open Physical Design (Physical Design) roles from 87 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 4 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 — it is counted in the wider Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.