Silicon Physical Design Engineer V

Job Title: Silicon Physical Design Engineer V
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 Months

ASIC Power Engineer to perform power analysis and optimizations in ASIC for client s AR/VR products. Areas of interests includes Machine Learning. Primary languages are Python, tcl and SystemVerilog.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Set up and maintain PPRTL and PTPX power analysis flows (average and time-based/peak power).
- Generate and manage activity inputs (FSDB/VCD/SAIF) from RTL and gate-level simulations; handle long-waveform and windowed analysis.
- Correlate RTL-level power estimates against gate-level signoff power and explain deltas.
- Produce per-block, per-hierarchy, and per-workload power breakdowns; identify top power contributors and clock/datapath waste.
- Recommend and evaluate power reduction opportunities (clock gating efficiency, datapath gating, memory power, idle leakage).
- Automate flows and reporting with TCL, Python, and Make-based build systems; integrate into regression/CI.
- Document methodology and support design teams in interpreting results.
- Perform PPA optimization with Fusion compiler.
- Perform RTL and netlist level Power analysis
- Perform post-processing and scripting on report log files for format conversion, data analysis and information extraction
- Setup, run, debug and analyze reports of ASIC flows (Synthesis, PD, Power, Timing)
- Implement some blocks at RTL and UPF
- Ability to document and communicate clearly


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 10 Years of experience as an ASIC Power engineer, or CAD Engineer/Physical Design engineer
- Experience with power estimation tools and synthesis, some physical design
- Knowledge of power trade-offs in design and back end implementation
- Hands-on experience in scripting, data analysis
- BS in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Hands-on production experience with Client (PPRTL, PTPX/PrimePower, VCS, Verdi, DC, ICC, FC) and/or Cadence (Joules), PowrArtist
- Ability to debug simulation-to-power flow issues end to end.
- Strong scripting: TCL, Python and Excel based scripting and data-post-processing tools, model fitting, data visualization and analysis; comfortable with Linux and large compute/job-scheduling environments.
- Experience in low power design, tools and methodologies including power intent UPF specifications
Silicon Power Characterization
- Some power modeling/profiling experience at IP/SoC level