Senior Physical Design Engineer

About the Position

Graphcore, a globally recognized leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems, is hiring a Senior Physical Design Engineer in Bengaluru, India. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore designs advanced semiconductors and data center hardware that provide the specialized processing power needed to drive AI innovation. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing.

Responsibilities

• Contribute technically to the development of Graphcore's next generation of AI superchips, focusing on achieving robust, high-performance and power-efficient designs in leading-edge process technologies while meeting ambitious development schedules.
• Use state-of-the-art EDA tools and in-house Graphcore flows to deliver final designs that are of sign-off quality.
• Enhance existing flows and in-house tools/APIs to support new features and/or methodologies.
• Analyze and/or debug complex engineering problems leading to workable solutions.
• Develop an understanding of emerging technical issues and apply that knowledge to optimize in-house flows and methodologies.
• Work closely with other teams within Graphcore and with 3rd party support engineers/contractors, ensuring good communication between all parties.

Requirements

• A Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related subject with 3+ years of Industry experience.
• Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player.
• Excellent problem-solving skills for debugging issues and finding root causes.
• Ability to program/script (required to solve design issues, typically in Tcl and Python).
• Experience in 7nm or smaller technologies.
• A good breadth of experience with physical design flows including:
  • Floorplanning/Budgeting
  • Synthesis
  • Place and Route
  • Clock CTS
  • Logical Equivalence
  • Timing Analysis
  • Physical Verification (DRC/LVS/ERC)

Nice to Have

• In-depth expertise in one or more aspects of physical design flows.
• Structuring of builds to maximize PPA.
• Silicon transistor knowledge including std cell libraries and/or memories.
• 2D and 3D design (CoWoS, UCIe, etc.).
• High speed, high power and/or full reticle chip design.
• Ethernet, PCIe, LPDDR, HBM interfaces.
• Power integrity and optimization.
• 2nm or 3nm technologies.
• Chip finishing (pad rings, chip level LVS/DRC/ERC).
• Design for test.
• Team management.
• Project Planning.

We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• An inclusive work environment that values diversity.
• Flexible approach to interviews and reasonable adjustments.

About the Company

Graphcore is a globally recognized leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data center hardware that provide the specialized processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies.