RTL Synthesis Engineer

Broadcom • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Broadcom is looking for a senior level RTL synthesis engineer.

Requirements

• MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 10+ years of experience in Physical design.
• Expert in Logic/Physical Synthesis using advanced optimization techniques and generating optimized Gate Level Netlist for Timing, Area, Power.
• Deep knowledge about industry standards in Physical aware synthesis .
• Experience in developing and implementing DFT flow.
• Experience with CDC, RDC, static timing analysis methodologies and relevant tools.
• Expert with developing automation scripts and design flow.
• Expert in generating Timing Constraints for RTL - Synthesis and PrimeTime-STA for the blocks and the top-level including SOC.
• Good understanding of design tape-out to foundries and solid understanding of supply chain for IC Product development.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of Cadence tools - Genus, Joules, Conformal.
• Understanding of Power analysis tools - Redhawk.
• Deep understanding of Signal Integrity and Power Integrity for High Speed designs.
• Proactive, collaborative and creative approach to innovation, technical development and consensus facilitation to influence optimal project results.
• Excellent time and task management, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Debug the timing/area/congestion issues and work with RTL & Physical designers to resolve them.
• Run Formal Verification checks between RTL and Gate level netlist and debug the aborts, inconclusive and Logic Equivalency failure.
• Perform RTL Lint and work with the Designers to create waivers .
• Analyze the inter-block timing and come up with IO budgets for the various partition blocks

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(K) participation including company matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• company paid holidays
• paid sick leave and vacation time
• The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level