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In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a processor design effort interfacing with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.
As a CPU Physical Design and Integration Engineer, you will be participating in the physical design, integration, and verification of high performance, low power processor development.
– Full chip floorplan, area optimizations, block partitioning and pin placements
– Own chip level place and route (PnR), final CPU layout database construction and verification (PDV)
– Develop and validate Power Grid, including routability analysis
– Drive custom layout integration
– Work with the implementation/CAD teams during the entire chip design cycle to drive signoff closure for tapeout
– Work with SOC team to meet IP technical and delivery requirements
– Participate in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies
– Participate in flow development for chip integration and analysis
– Scripting to automate tasks and improve debug efficiency