Staff Engineer: STA Methodology & Sign-off Lead

About the role

We are seeking a high-caliber Staff or Senior Staff Engineer to architect and lead our SOC Static Timing Analysis (STA) Methodology along with execution responsibilities to eliminate the bottle-necks in STA and build bridges. This is a critical role for a forward-thinking engineer who excels at defining the frameworks and flows required to navigate the complexities of modern, large-scale SOC designs.

What you'll do

• Sign-off Methodology & Architecture: Define and own full-chip SOC timing sign-off criteria, including Multi-Mode Multi-Corner (MMMC) definitions, derate strategies
• Flow Development & Left-Shift Automation: Architect, deploy, and maintain advanced STA and ECO flows
• Develop methodologies to proactively identify structural timing issues and predict physical design bottlenecks early in the RTL/Synthesis phases
• Tool Benchmarking & Deployment: Evaluate, qualify, and deploy new EDA tool features and capabilities (with a strong emphasis on Cadence Tempus) to improve Quality of…
• Custom Automation Infrastructure: Architect scalable, robust automation utilities (Tcl, Python, Perl) to standardize constraint (SDC) management

What you need

• 8–11 yrs of experience
• Python
• VLSI
• Perl
• B.Tech or B.E. or M.Tech