Physical Design Engineer, ML4PD - Austin, Texas, United States
$100,000 - $500,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the physical design of high-performance chips for AI/ML architectures, spanning implementation from synthesis through tapeout.
What you'll do
- Contribute to the physical design of high-performance chips for AI/ML architectures.
- Partner with front-end and physical design engineers to optimize floorplanning, timing, power, performance, and area across multiple IPs.
- Build end-to-end ASIC expertise.
What you'll need
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with strong logic design fundamentals.
- Experience with synthesis, place-and-route flows, and physical design tools.
- Familiarity with timing, EM/IR, and power analysis.
- Ability to contribute across floorplanning, clocking, I/O planning, timing closure, area improvement, and power optimization.
- Strong Tcl, Perl, Shell, and/or Python skills.
- Knowledge of low-power techniques such as power gating, multi-Vt, and voltage scaling.
Skills: physical design, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, AI/ML architectures, tapeout
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
630
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$187k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Tenstorrent | All employers we track in this specialty (630 roles · 78 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 630 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 13 | 1417 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 145 d | 61 d (+84 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $187k |
Skills observed across this category: physical design, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, AI/ML architectures, tapeout
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 123 open roles · median 37 d
- NVIDIA · 39 open roles · median 48 d
- Broadcom · 38 open roles · median 73 d
- AMD · 35 open roles · median 43 d
- Synopsys · 27 open roles · median 62 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 23 open roles · median 87 d
How we counted: 630 open Physical Design (Physical Design) roles from 78 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 Sept 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.