Physical Design Engineer

The role

This individual contributor will deliver PPA optimized datapath and interconnect solutions for next-generation AI accelerators. You will develop tools, flows, and methodologies and work with RTL designers to execute physical design strategies.

What you will do

• Develop, build and own tools, flows and methodologies for physical implementation
• Own physical implementation of floorplan blocks from floorplanning to final signoff
• Collaborate with RTL designers to drive optimal block implementation solutions
• Analyze and optimize design for timing, power, and area trade-offs

Required qualifications

• BS w/ 4+ years or MS with 2+ years or PhD with 0-1 year(s) of relevant industry experience in physical design and methodology development
• Demonstrated success in taping out complex silicon designs
• Hands-on experience with block physical implementation and PPA convergence
• Strong coding experience with python, bazel, TCL
• Strong experience building physical design tools, flows and methodologies
• Strong understanding of microarchitecture, RTL design, physical design, circuit design, physical verification and timing closure
• Deep familiarity with industry-standard tools and flows for physical synthesis, PNR, LEC and power estimation

Nice to have

• Experience with AI or HPC-focused chips
• Experience with optimizing PPA for high performance compute cores
• Hands-on experience with top-level design methodologies

Before you apply

• Candidates for this role may need to meet certain legal status requirements to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.