$159.40K - $164.10K/yr
Part-time
Posted 17 days ago
Job description
We are looking for a Senior/Staff STA Engineer to lead full-chip timing signoff activities for cutting-edge SoCs at advanced technology nodes (5nm / 3nm / 2nm).
The candidate should possess deep expertise in MMMC timing closure, hierarchical timing budgeting, ECO convergence, and final tapeout signoff.
This role requires close collaboration with RTL, Physical Design, Clocking, to achieve timing closure for high-performance silicon.
Key Responsibilities
- Own full-chip STA across all modes and PVT corners.
- Drive MMMC timing closure and convergence.
- Develop and maintain timing constraints and hierarchical timing budgets.
- Analyze setup/hold violations and drive ECO closure.
- Execute timing signoff using industry-standard tools.
- Collaborate with Physical Design and Clock teams to improve timing QoR.
- Debug complex timing issues at top-level integration.
- Improve signoff methodologies for runtime and convergence efficiency.
- Present timing closure status and risks to leadership teams.
Required Technical Skills
Timing / STA
- Full-Chip STA
- MMMC
- Timing ECO
- Constraint Development
- Timing Signoff
- Crosstalk / SI Analysis
- OCV / AOCV / POCV
Tools
- Synopsys PrimeTime (PT/PT-SI)
- Cadence Tempus
Advanced Nodes
- 5nm
- 3nm
- 2nm
Scripting
- Tcl
- Python
- Perl
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