Lead Design Engineer - Physical Design

BEIJING Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 17, 2026 Last posted March 17, 2026
Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

About the team:

Our team deliver many high-performance products based on the industry’s advanced technology with high frequencies up to 6400MHz. Our product processes include TSMC 3nm/5nm/7nm/12nm and Samsung 4nm/5nm/7nm/8nm/10nm, etc. In the team you will face great challenges such as FP, CTS, STA, etc. At the same time, you will get rich experience and advanced methodology.

Job Responsibilities:

Focus on high speed digital DDR and HBM IP physical implementation, develop necessary scripts or tools to enhance current PD design flow.

Work in product projects, including but not limited to: complete the project tasks; solve design issue and provide flow to check and avoid similar issue; analyze and summarize PPA optimization methodologies and results, implement optimal design parameters and flows for different projects.

Job Requirement:

-MS in EE with at least 3 years relevant IC design experience

-Good physical design experience in the digital implementation domain including Floorplan, CTS, STA, Physical verification, Power analysis.

-Solid background in circuits, electronics, physics, be willing to learn new technology for cutting edge process node and advanced design methodology.

-Skilled in scripting language, such as Perl, C shell, TCL, Makefile, Python.

-Familiar with EDA tools like Innovus, ICC, Calibre, Tempus, PrimeTime, etc.

We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.

About this role

Summary

Lead digital IC physical implementation, optimize PPA, develop scripts, solve design issues.

Job title

Lead Design Engineer - Physical Design

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Candidate must be based in Beijing, remote is not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

MS in EEIC designphysical designPerlC shellTCLMakefilePythonInnovusICCCalibreTempusPrimeTime

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

digital designphysical implementationEDA toolshigh-speed digitalIC design
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Beijing, China

On-site City