Senior Staff / Principal SOC Floorplan Lead

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on SoC Floorplan Lead to own the physical foundation of our next-generation AI and Data Center SoCs. In this critical role, you will be the bridge between architecture, logic design, and physical design. You will work hand-in-hand with Chip Architects and RTL Leads to influence micro-architecture and ensure the physical implementation achieves best-in-class Power, Performance, and Area (PPA).

What you'll do

• Architecture & RTL Collaboration: Partner closely with Architecture and RTL teams to provide early physical feasibility feedback
• Drive block partitioning, shape optimization, and data-flow planning to achieve the absolute best PPA
• Expertise with industry-standard physical design tools ( Cadence Innovus)

What you need

• 12–22 yrs of experience
• Networking
• VLSI
• Python
• Machine learning
• Lean
• PhD

Good to have

• Perl