ACARA Jobs
Physical Design Engineer
Apply- ID: 555934
- Posted: 12/9/2025
- Location: Austin, Tx
- Category: Pro - Engineering
- Job Type: Direct Placement
- Duration: Direct Placement
Description
Acara Solutions is looking for a Physical Design Engineer to work with our partner in Austin, TX who specializes in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Schedule:
Hybrid (2+ days in office)
Here is what you will do:
- We will incorporate you on a team that is involved in all aspects of physical implementation from RTL to GDSII.
- Perform RTL synthesis and scan stitching.
- Apply deep knowledge of timing optimization and experience with ECO generation to analyze and fix timing issues in 40nm, 28nm and below.
- You will be defining and debugging Timing Constraints and performing STA using industry-standard STA engines and a deep understanding of timing correlation to achieve timing closure.
- Build timing constraints for the entire chip in a team environment.
- Knowledge of automating and advancing flows using proficiency in Perl/Tcl scripting.
- Analyze power constraints and chip floor plan.
- You will analyze clock distribution on full-chip assembly.
- Physical design-related flow development, tool evaluation, flow automation, QA and improvement.
- You will develop Placement & Route structures for a complete ASIC design.
- Build Static Timing Analysis, timing closure, ECO and tape-out.
- IR Drop analysis and improvement on almost all designs
Job Requirements
Required Skills / Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in a Logic design or Physical Design position.
- Strong solid understanding of RTL design, and the ideal candidate should be familiar with Cadence Genus/Innovus and Synopsys Design Compiler/ICC/Fusion Compiler
- You should have Primetime, Conformal LEC, and ATPG.
- You will also have a solid understanding of scan insertion, and ATPG.
Preferred Skills / Qualifications:
- We will look to have you be involved in design/architecture reviews which will help add to the overall progress and improvement of the team.
- We will be defining physical design methodologies and flow automation.
- Ability to perform debug/analysis skills for designs, library, and technology files.
- Ability to provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers and be a very effective teammate.
Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.