STA - Staff/ Sr Staff Engineer

General Summary:

Job Responsibilities

• STA Setup & Signoff: Perform STA setup, convergence, reviews, and signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage domain designs for SoC & SubSystem
• Timing Analysis & Debug: Validate and debug timing across multiple PVT conditions using tools likePrimeTimeandTempus.
• Flow Optimization: Run STA flows and correlate Spice to STA results.
• Methodology Development: Evaluate timing methodologies/tools across technology nodes and automate STA/PD flows usingTCL/Perl/Python.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design, DFT, synthesis, technology, CAD and physical implementation teams.
• Low-Power Techniques: Knowledge of clock gating, power gating, and multi-voltage designs.
• ECO Timing Flow: Handle timing ECOs (DMSA, tweaker, PrimeClosure) and logical equivalence checks (RTL to Netlist).,

Required Skills

• 10+ yrs of relevant experience
• Strong expertise inSTA fundamentals, AOCV/POCV concepts, CTS, and timing constraints.
• Hands-on experience with STA tools:PrimeTime,Tempus.
• Familiarity with ASIC back-end flows:ICC2,Innovus.
• Knowledge ofsignal integrity, cross-talk noise, and parasitic extraction.
• Scripting proficiency:TCL,Perl,Python.
• Mentoring junior engineers in different areas of timing flows and methodologies
• Understanding of Spice simulations:Hspice,FineSim, Monte Carlo analysis.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. ORMaster's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. ORPhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Experience

• Driving timing convergence atchip-level and hard-macro level.
• Exposure toRTL-to-GDSII flows.
• Good technical writing and communication skills for cross-team collaboration

Education:

• B.Tech/M.Tech/MS in Electrical/Electronics/Microelectronics/VLSI.