Microsoft Principal Physical Design Engineer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

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Principal Physical Design EngineerYou will be part of the design team, driving many facets of high performance, high bandwidth designs.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field with 14+ years of experience
• Experience in tapeouts of complex ASICs in leading edge technology

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong expertise in one or more of the following: synthesis, floorplanning, placement, clock/power grid construction, routing, low power methodologies, and signoff steps (FV, LPV, Extraction, STA, EMIR, Physical Verification, Power Analysis)
• Strong scripting skills
• Proven experience in creating and delivering hard macros and knowledge of guidelines for their integration in SoCs
• Good understanding of foundry tech files and rule decks

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

As a Principal Physical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for Physical Design tasks at block, sub-chip, and/or full-chip level. The tasks will include Floorplanning, Synthesis, Placement, CTS and custom clocking, Routing, Static Timing, Physical Verification, Formal Equivalency, Power Efficiency, IR-Drop, and EM. You may also be involved in Physical Design flow development/automation and evaluation of and recommendations for technology, IP, and vendor selection.

You are expected to be able to work with limited direction, have keen attention to detail, and be able to provide crisp status of progress, issues, and risks on the program to the management team. Occasional travel may be required.