Senior Physical Design Engineer – CPU PPA Optimization - Guadalajara, Mexico
About the role
Ahead Computing is hiring a Senior Physical Design Engineer to drive CPU power, performance, and area (PPA) optimization at advanced technology nodes. In this role, you will execute physical implementation and collaborate with RTL and logic design teams to deliver high-performance, power-efficient processors.
What you'll do
- Drive CPU power, performance, and area (PPA) optimization across advanced technology nodes. - Execute full-flow physical implementation for high-performance processor blocks. - Collaborate closely with RTL and logic design teams to hit power and performance targets.
What you'll need
- Experience in physical design and physical implementation for complex digital circuits. - Background in CPU power, performance, and area (PPA) optimization. - Working knowledge of advanced technology nodes. - Experience interfacing and collaborating with RTL and logic design teams.
Skills: physical design, CPU PPA optimization, advanced technology nodes, physical implementation, RTL
This role has been open 196 days — well above the 182-day median for Physical Design roles.
Physical Design · Digital Backend
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Open roles in category
37
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Median days open
182 d
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Median salary
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ahead Computing | All employers we track in this specialty (37 roles · 21 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 37 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 2 | 1530 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 196 d | 182 d (+14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: physical design, CPU PPA optimization, advanced technology nodes, physical implementation, RTL
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 4 open roles · median 126 d
- Qualcomm · 4 open roles · median 105 d
- Intel Corporation · 3 open roles · median 18 d
- SiTime · 3 open roles · median 95 d
- Altera · 2 open roles · median 222 d
- Analog Devices · 2 open roles · median 208 d
How we counted: 37 open Physical Design (Digital Backend) roles from 21 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 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.