ASIC Physical Design Engineer

Taiwan, Hsinchu Until 10/5/2026 1+ years exp First posted August 6, 2026 Last posted August 6, 2026
Job description

ASIC-PD team is hiring both junior and senior engineers, whose work scope is physical design from RTL to GSDII: design quality check, synthesis, formal check, partitioning, constraint (for both design and process), async check, timing analysis/fixing/signoff, also all related flow. Join us, you will work together with expertise in all these areas; you will not only work for physical application, but also drive physical friendly design with all related teams: ASIC/P&R/DFT/SI/ARCH etc.; you will work for the most advanced process/technology, the biggest chip in the world.

What you'll be doing:

  • STA for hierarchical design.

  • Constraints creation and validation, timing budget.

  • Timing closure for both partition and full chip level.

  • Special timing closure, such as io, clock etc. especially for test timing.

  • Synthesis, Netlist quality check, Formal Verification.

  • Implement chip partition and floorplan.

  • Function eco creation.

  • Develop and enhance entire timing closure flow from frontend (pre-layout) to backend (post-layout).

  • Flow automation development, Methodology in any of above areas.

What we need to see:

  • MS in EE, CS or Microelectronics with 1+ year experience is preferred

  • Project experience in IC design implementation.

  • Courses taken in circuit design, digital design

  • Hand-on experience in EDA software from Synopsys (FC/DC/PT/Formality), Cadence (RC compiler/Genus/LEC) is helpful

  • Proficient user of Python, perl or TCL is helpful

  • Proficient in English reading and writing

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  •  Proficient user of Perl, Python or TCL is preferred.

  •  Excellent English communication skill.

  • Good DFT design knowledge.

About this role

Summary

Perform physical design, timing closure, and flow development for advanced ICs.

Job title

ASIC Physical Design Engineer

Experience level

1+ years

Minimum experience

1+ years exp

Industry

semiconductor

Location requirements

Hsinchu, Taiwan; on-site preferred, remote not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

RTL to GSDIItiming analysisconstraints creationsynthesisformal verificationfloorplanflow automationEDA software (Synopsys, Cadence)PythonTCL

Preferred skills

PerlEnglish communicationDFT design

Specializations

physical designtiming analysisEDA toolsfloorplanningflow automation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Hsinchu, North District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

On-site City