Physical Design Engineer

Taiwan, Hsinchu Until 8/21/2026 2+ years exp First posted May 28, 2026 Last posted May 28, 2026
Job description

We are now looking for VLSI Physical Design Engineers in Hsinchu office, Taiwan. We utilize latest process technology, advanced EDA tools, and sophisticated design methodology. We always work on the most challenging designs, and push for performance limit.

 

What you’ll be doing:

  • A role in physical design for NVIDIA GPU and Mobile chips.

  • Participate in various aspects of physical design, including full chip floorplanning, power/clock distribution, timing optimization, place & route, timing closure, power/signal integrity analysis, and physical verification. Troubleshoot a wide variety of design and flow complicated issues, and apply proactive intervention.

  • Collaborate with RTL, DFT and Circuit designers to ensure high quality of design implementation.

 

What we need to see: 

  • BS in Engineering or Science or equivalent experience

  • Power user of EDA tools from Synopsys (ICC2/DC/PT/STAR-RC), Cadence (EDI/Innovus/Voltus) or Ansys (Redhawk)

  • Experience in Clock/Power Distribution, P&R, Timing closure, RC Extraction, and verification on advanced technology nodes

  • 2+ years of experience in above areas

 

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • MS in Engineering or Science

  • Knowledge in FinFET technology, circuit design, and package design

  • Experience in physical verification tools from Synopsys (ICV) or Mentor (Calibre)

  • Proficiency in Perl, Python, TCL and Makefile scripts

About this role

Summary

Designs physical chips including floorplanning, power/clock, timing, verification; works with RTL, DFT, circuits.

Job title

Physical Design Engineer

Experience level

2+ years

Minimum experience

2+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Hsinchu, Taiwan; on-site, no remote work

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

Synopsys ICC2Synopsys Star-RCCadence Innovuspower distributiontiming closureRC extraction

Preferred skills

FinFETcircuit designphysical verificationPerlPythonTCL

Specializations

VLSIphysical designEDA toolstiming optimizationsignal integrity
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Hsinchu, North District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

On-site City