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The Senior Physical Design Engineer joins the Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering team to support the development of high-performance computer chips like Azure Cobalt. This role involves driving end-to-end execution from synthesis through place-and-route for large designs, ensuring completion of all signoff stages including timing, physical verification, EMIR, formal equivalence, and low-power verification. The engineer is responsible for SOC clocks, high-speed clock construction, and CTS while exploring methodologies to optimize SOC blocks. Key responsibilities include RTL to GDS implementation and influencing design tools and flows through a data-driven approach. The role requires expertise in floorplanning, extraction, and power, performance, and area trade-offs. Candidates must navigate complex technical domains involving advanced foundry process nodes and low-power design methodologies to solve critical infrastructure challenges for cloud hardware systems.
Execute end-to-end physical design from synthesis through place-and-route for large designs.
Manage all signoff stages including timing, physical verification, EMIR, formal equivalence, and low-power verification.
Drive high-speed clock construction and manage SOC clocks.
Explore and implement methodologies to optimize SOC blocks for clock construction.
Implement RTL to GDS transitions within the Physical Design domain.
Influence design tools, flows, and methodologies using a data-driven approach.
Partner with CAD and methodology teams to identify and resolve technical flow issues.
What we're looking for
A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 5+ years of technical engineering experience.
A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience.
A Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 1+ year of technical engineering experience.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check and meet government security screening requirements.
Proof of citizenship, residency, or other protected status for access to export-controlled information.
Experience in physical design including synthesis, floorplanning, place and route, timing, and physical verification.
Expertise in SoC clock construction, high-speed designs, and low-power design methodology.
Experience with production silicon tape-outs in advanced foundry process nodes.