lightmatter
Sr. Staff Physical Design Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Posted
- 2026-07-24T16:05:54-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Engineering
- Insurance
- Medical
Requirements
12+ years of industry experience working as a Physical Design Engineer
Must have completed blocks or top level physical design for large ASICs or mixed signal chips that taped out
Thorough knowledge of timing closure, LVS/DRC closure
Experience in TCL and Python (or other scripting languages)
Hands-on experience with Cadence tools
Tape-out experience 3nm designs
Responsibilities
Implement digital blocks in advanced tech nodes from synthesis through physical verification, using industry standard tools and flows
Drive fullchip STA signoff, review constraints, debug timing reports and implement ecos
Drive power analysis and optimization while balancing area and performance trade-offs
Drive full chip floor planning, IO placement and clock distribution
Understand clock details and be able to customize clock implementation for functional and test clocks
Debug and clean up DRC/LVS