Physical Design Engineer - United States
$121,900 - $195,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 September 2026 by the employer.
This role involves working on PCIe Switch Products and Enterprise Storage Products.
About the role
This role involves physical IC design within the Data Center Solutions Group, taking designs from RTL to silicon tape-out.
What you'll do
- Execute Physical Design, Synthesis, Physical Verification, and Timing Closure.
- Set up and Synthesize RTL.
- Achieve timing closure with in-depth experience in top-level STA.
- Conduct EM/IR Analysis.
- Perform Place and Route.
- Develop Clock Tree Synthesis, including custom clock trees, insertion reduction, and skew balancing techniques.
- Implement Floor-planning and Layout, with in-depth experience in top-level floorplanning.
- Develop Flow and Methodology.
- Collaborate with IC Design RTL Engineers.
What you'll need
- TCL/PERL Scripting expertise.
- Proficiency in related EDA Tools.
- Full physical design cycle experience: RTL to Tape-out.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering.
- 8+ Years of relevant experience.
Skills: Physical Design, RTL to tape-out, timing closure, place and route, floor-planning, STA
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 64-day median for Physical Design roles.
Physical Design · Physical Design
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Open roles in category
627
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Median days open
64 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 | Broadcom | All employers we track in this specialty (627 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 38 | 627 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 47 | 1420 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 78 d | 64 d (+14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: Physical Design, RTL to tape-out, timing closure, place and route, floor-planning, STA
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 114 open roles · median 40 d
- AMD · 44 open roles · median 28 d
- Broadcom (this employer) · 40 open roles · median 78 d
- NVIDIA · 38 open roles · median 53 d
- Synopsys · 27 open roles · median 56 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 25 open roles · median 77 d
How we counted: 627 open Physical Design (Physical Design) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 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.