Physical Design Engineer

Altera

San Jose, California, United States
$127,400 - $184,400 usd; not specified; not specif...
Physical design implementation tasks
Ppa optimization techniques
Fpga-specific physical design aspects
As a Physical Design Engineer at Altera, you will play a critical role in the backend implementation flow — from RTL/netlist through GDSII/tape-out for FPGA/SoC devices

Job Summary

  • As a Physical Design Engineer at Altera, you will play a critical role in the backend implementation flow — from RTL/netlist through GDSII/tape-out for FPGA/SoC devices.
  • Execute physical design implementation tasks (floorplanning, power planning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, engineering change orders (ECO), extraction, sign-off preparation) from netlist to GDSII.
  • Integrate FPGA-specific physical design aspects: configurable logic block placement, fabric routing, I/O ring optimization, power domains for programmable regulation, and yield optimization.

Matching Summary

As a Physical Design Engineer at Altera, you will play a critical role in the backend implementation flow — from RTL/netlist through GDSII/tape-out for FPGA/SoC devices.

Salary

$127,400 - $184,400 USD; Not specified; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Physical design implementation tasks
  • PPA optimization techniques
  • FPGA-specific physical design aspects
  • Execute physical design implementation
  • Develop and enhance physical design flows

Nice-to-have

  • Collaborate with architecture teams
  • Debug physical design issues
  • Drive tool enhancements or workarounds

Key Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • Hands-on digital/SoC physical design
  • Industry-standard EDA tools
  • Scripting/programming (TCL, Python, Perl, shell)

Work Rights

Not specified

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