Arago

Physical Design Engineer

Paris Offices. Posted 18 months ago

The role

You will be responsible for the physical implementation of digital designs from RTL to GDSII. You will collaborate with RTL design, DFT, and packaging teams to achieve optimal performance, power, and area.

What you will do

  • Execute full-chip and block-level physical design tasks including floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, and physical verification.
  • Develop and optimize the digital backend flow.
  • Drive timing closure, power optimization, and physical verification (LVS/DRC/ERC).
  • Collaborate with front-end designers to address timing and logical/physical interface issues.
  • Support tapeout preparation and final signoff processes.

Required qualifications

  • Master’s or PhD degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related field.
  • 4+ years experience in digital IC backend implementation.
  • Proficiency with backend EDA tools, particularly Cadence Innovus and Genus.
  • Strong understanding of place & route (P&R), static timing analysis (STA), DRC/LVS verification, IR drop, and electromigration (EM) analysis.
  • Skilled in Tcl scripting for automation of backend flows.
  • English at a proficient level.

Nice to have

  • Experience with advanced technology nodes (22nm or below preferred).
  • Experience in hierarchical or full-chip implementation is preferred.
  • French is a plus.

Benefits

  • Meaningful stock option plan offered at the earliest stage of the company (included in the majority of full time offers).
  • Relocation bonus and coverage of moving expenses for relocation within 20 minutes of the company’s location.
  • Healthcare coverage (including family-friendly options).
  • Pension contributions.
  • Professional development support.
  • 25 days of PTO, in addition to public holidays.
  • Reimbursement of 50% of the public transport subscription fee.

About the company

Arago is an AI and computer hardware company whose mission is to drive the course of history forward by accelerating breakthroughs at the intersection of AI and semiconductors. The company is composed of nine nationalities and operates from hubs in France, North America, and Israel.