Physical Design Engineer
Originally posted August 5, 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Volantis Semiconductor is hiring a Physical Design Engineer to manage and execute the physical design process for the dies that comprise A-0 and A-1 systems. The scope includes determining in-house versus outsourced work, directing vendor efforts, and integrating external flows with in-house physical design.
What you'll do
- Manage and execute the physical design process for the dies comprising A-0 and A-1 systems.
- Evaluate and decide which physical design tasks to complete in-house versus outsource.
- Manage outsourced physical design flows and integrate them with in-house efforts.
- Coordinate with microarchitects to modify RTL to address identified PPA limiters.
What you'll need
- Hands-on experience with the physical design process for at least one block in multiple advanced node tapeouts.
- Ability to identify PPA limiters from RTL and work with microarchitects to update RTL for improvement.
- Experience with both in-house and outsourced physical design flows.
Nice to have
- Experience with the physical design process for multi-die/multi-chiplet/MCM designs.
- Experience with the physical design process for reticle-max or near reticle max designs.
- Experience with very high power density chips.
- Experience with the physical design process for AI chips.
- Experience with the physical design process of analog and mixed signal blocks and macros.
Skills: physical design, PPA, advanced node, tapeouts, RTL
More semiconductor jobs: Physical design jobs
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 | Volantis Semiconductor | All employers we track in this specialty (753 roles · 90 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 753 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 1 | 1750 · 129 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 0 d | 62 d (+62 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $187k |
Skills observed across this category: physical design, PPA, advanced node, tapeouts, RTL
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 119 open roles · median 66 d
- AMD · 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.