Senior Physical Design Engineer
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role supports the end-to-end physical implementation and signoff of digital blocks and SoCs. You will apply practical physical design knowledge to deliver high-quality implementation results while developing technical depth across the RTL-to-GDSII flow.
What you'll do
- Execute RTL-to-GDSII implementation activities, including floor-planning, CTS, routing, equivalence checking, timing closure, and physical verification.
- Use Cadence or Synopsys based physical design flows.
- Apply knowledge of synthesis and timing constraints to review implementation results and provide feedback to the design team.
- Analyse and resolve timing, power, IR/EM, DRC, and LVS issues.
What you'll need
- B.Tech., M.Tech., or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 3–7 years of relevant physical design or digital implementation experience.
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard physical design and signoff tools, preferably within a Cadence or Synopsys environment.
Skills: RTL-to-GDSII, floor-planning, CTS, timing closure, physical verification
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
606
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Median days open
61 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 | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (606 roles · 78 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 606 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 22 | 1407 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 62 d | 61 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: RTL-to-GDSII, floor-planning, CTS, timing closure, physical verification
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 111 open roles · median 43 d
- Broadcom · 38 open roles · median 71 d
- NVIDIA · 38 open roles · median 46 d
- AMD · 35 open roles · median 41 d
- Synopsys · 27 open roles · median 60 d
- Renesas Electronics · 25 open roles · median 48 d
How we counted: 606 open Physical Design (Physical Design) roles from 78 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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.