Seeking an Advanced ASIC Design Lead for a high growth semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer in the Reading, MA area.
As an ASIC Design Lead you will own the entire physical implementation (RTL-to-GDSII) of complex ASICs. Working closely with cross-functional architecture and design teams, you will guide physical design strategy, mentor junior engineers, and play a vital role in delivering high-quality, first-pass silicon at advanced nodes.
Full benefits offered! Paid Relo available! Great compensation structure including bonuses and stock offering. Hybrid work schedule (4 days on site, 1 day WFH).
location: North Reading, Massachusetts
job type: Permanent
salary: $240,000 - 280,000 per year
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of physical design engineers across the full project lifecycle.
- Architecture & Planning: Lead high-level physical design planning and define PD architecture in collaboration with chip and system architects.
- Floorplanning & Budgeting: Develop and own chip floorplans, timing budgets, power estimates, and pin planning.
- Design Constraints: Partner with design teams to develop high-quality SDC constraints.
- Front-to-Back Implementation: Drive RTL-to-netlist activities including synthesis, logical equivalence checking (LEC), clock domain crossing checks (CDC), and static timing analysis (STA).
- Block-Level P&R: Support hands-on place-and-route (P&R) for critical and high-speed blocks.
- Vendor Collaboration: Collaborate with a backend physical design house to support P&R execution, debug flow or implementation issues, and meet schedule and quality goals.
- IP Integration: Integrate complex IP such as PCIe, DDR5/DDR6, UFS, and SerDes.
- Signoff Closure: Ensure robust signoff closure including DRC/LVS and EM/IR analysis.
- Flow Automation: Develop, enhance, and maintain physical design tool flows and automation.
qualifications:
- Experience level: Manager
- Minimum 10 years of experience
- Education: Bachelors (required)
skills:
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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