Senior/Principal Physical Design Engineer
FractileAI Hardware company
London, United KingdomLead
Accel
Founders Fund
Factorial Funds
Conviction
Gigascale Capital
O1A Ventures
About the role
TL;DR
Lead end-to-end physical implementation of advanced ASIC/SoC designs.
- •Fractile seeks a Senior/Principal Physical Design Engineer to lead end-to-end physical implementation of advanced ASIC/SoC designs, optimising performance, power, and area while ensuring manufacturability.
- •Key Responsibilities Drive floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, and sign-off for complex chips.
- •Perform synthesis, STA, timing closure and PPA optimization.
- •Plan and analyse power (IR drop, EM) and low-power techniques.
- •Ensure DRC/LVS and physical verification sign-off; interface with foundries.
- •Develop and automate EDA flows and collaborate with RTL, DFT, and architecture teams.
- •Requirements 7+ years in physical design at advanced nodes (7nm/5nm or below).
- •Proficiency with place & route, STA, and sign-off EDA tools.
- •Strong CMOS/process understanding and manufacturability experience.
- •Scripting skills (TCL, Perl, Python) for automation.
- •Experience with low-power design and timing/IR analysis.
Required skills
PythonPerlC++
Domain expertise
deeptech
Tech stack
C++PythonPerl