Principal Physical Design Engineer

About the role

Analog Devices is looking for a Principal Physical Design Engineer in Limerick. This senior technical leader owns the end-to-end physical implementation and signoff of complex SoCs across advanced technology nodes, combining hands-on RTL-to-GDSII work, design convergence and team leadership. The role works with Design, DFT, Verification, CAD and signoff teams.

Key responsibilities

• Own RTL-to-GDSII implementation, including floorplanning, CTS, routing, equivalence checking, ECO implementation and STA closure.
• Apply working knowledge of SDC timing constraints and timing closure to review implementation results and give feedback to Physical Design and Design teams.
• Use Cadence and/or Synopsys-based physical design flows to drive implementation, optimisation, flow debugging and signoff.
• Drive setup and hold timing closure, IR/EM analysis, congestion resolution and physical verification to hit PPA and quality targets.
• Lead signoff activities, including multi-mode multi-corner STA, DRC/LVS physical verification and power analysis.
• Lead a geographically distributed Physical Design team, managing planning, execution and issue resolution across locations.
• Manage project risk by identifying and mitigating technical risks and dependencies, and communicate trade-offs and status to stakeholders.

Required profile

• B.Tech., M.Tech. or higher in Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
• 10+ years of physical design experience with successful tape-outs on advanced technology nodes.
• Hands-on experience with industry-standard physical design and signoff tools.
• Willingness to travel about 10% of the time; first shift, days.