Physical Design Engineer/ Graduate Intern

April 18, 2024
$166000 / year

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Job Description

About Intel

Intel is the world’s largest chip manufacturer, and strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art. Employees in the Technology Development and Manufacturing Group are part of a worldwide network of design, development, manufacturing, and assembly/test facilities, all focused on utilizing the power of Moore’s Law to bring smart, connected devices to every person on Earth.

Job Description

Intel’s DE Custom Design team is looking for a high caliber Physical Design Engineer to contribute to high performance/low power partitions using best methods in synthesis, placement, and route. In addition to running all back-end validation and verification tools, your responsibilities will include:

• Block level floor-planning.
• Voltage area and power grid implementation.
• Implementation of APR flows using Synopsys Fusion Compiler tool.
• Static Timing Analysis using Synopsys PrimeTime
• Power Analysis and power optimization using RedHawk and PTPX.

Qualifications

• Candidate must be pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or a related STEM degree.
• Theoretical knowledge or qualifying course work in SOC design flows: Synthesis, APR, STA, and physical verifications.
• Strong programming skillset in TCL, Perl, or Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• VLSI circuits, design techniques.
• Designing high-speed, low-power digital circuits, floor planning, timing convergence and layout verification
• Logic synthesis and automated place and route tools
• Logic design fundamentals
• Hardware description languages such as Verilog or System Verilog

Benefits

Intel offers a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation.