Principal Physical Design Engineer

**Description**

**Invent the future with us**

Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient AI compute.

As a pioneer in the new frontier of energy efficient high-performance computing, Ampere is part of the Softbank Group of companies driving sustainable computing for AI, Cloud, and Edge applications.

Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team - we’d love to have you apply!

**About The Role**

As part of the Physical Design team at Ampere, you will be responsible for ASIC physical design and implementation on our cutting edge ARMv8 based server on chip solutions that will be the backbone of future data centers. You will be interacting on a daily basis with our design team worldwide and will work on the latest technology nodes available in the industry. You will have an opportunity to work collaboratively with and learn from industry veteran designers and architects to create a breakthrough design for cloud computing.

Our Physical Design Engineer will work with multi-functional global teams to implement Partition/Block level Constraint development, Synthesis, Floorplan, Place and Route, Timing closure, LEC, IR/EM and DRC/LVS closure for our next generation Server Class Processor products

Being a Physical Design Engineer at Ampere is interesting, challenging, and will expand your professional breadth. You will learn how a world-class design team develop their microprocessor. Also, you will learn to solve technical problems, and deliver product on time. The experience at Ampere that you will possess will be valuable for your career path.

**What You’ll Achieve**

• Responsible for all aspect of physical design from RTL to GDS on sub-micron node, 7nm or lower
• Work with RTL, Architect, package teams to define chip size, chip floorplan, IO location, bumps placement.
• Collaborate with related team (RTL/DV/Power/Implementation) for best PPA (performance, power, area)
• Work with RTL/Implementation team for function ECOs, full chip timing closure, physical design signoff
• Develop physical design methodologies, flow customization/automation, synthesis, LEC, floor-planning, power/clock distribution, IP block assembly, place & route, and timing closure.
• Responsible for enhancing PD flow for more productivity and design efficiency.
• Work with packaging, power-grid designer to plan on bumps, power-grid distribution, power planning, EMIR analysis, for multiple domains at the chip-level.

**About You**

• Min 8+ years of hand-on physical design experience from netlist to GDS on sub-micron node 7nm or lower
• Hand-on experience with Cadence or Synopsys physical implementation tool and Calibre DRC/LVS physical verification tool
• Experience with floorplan trade off, placement and routing approaches, pre- and post-silicon ECO, timing closure, congestion resolution, IR-drop and crosstalk reduction techniques.
• Experience with high-speed Clock Tree Synthesis, topology and trade off.
• Experience with signal integrity effect and solution
• Experience with constraint debug, timing closure are plus.
• Experience with FinFET technology is a plus.
• Great communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent analysis, problem solving skills.
• Good English communications skills, both verbal and writing
• BS/MS/Ph. D in Electronic/Physic/Computer Engineering/Computer Science or a related field.

**What We’ll Offer**

At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, cash long-term incentive, and comprehensive benefits.

**Benefits Highlights Include**

• Premium healthcare, personal accident, and fully paid social insurance scheme as well as annual health check, so that you can feel secure in your health and financial future.
• Generous paid time off policy so that you can embrace a healthy work-life balance.
• Daily catered lunch, a variety of snacks, energizing coffee or tea, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day.

And there is much more than compensation and benefits. At Ampere, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more. We are excited to share more about our career opportunities with you through the interview process.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Ampere is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.