Static Timing Analysis (STA) Engineer

Summary: The Senior ASIC Engineer, specializing in Static Timing Analysis, is responsible for developing complex timing constraints compatible with RTL and signoff. The role involves driving pre-route timing checks, maintaining RTL quality metrics, and executing custom regression scripts for complex designs. Candidates should possess a strong mix of SDC knowledge, EDA tool competence, and TCL scripting capabilities. The position offers remote work options or locations in San Jose, Austin, or Longmont, with a contract duration of over 12 months.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of complex multi-mode / multi-corner timing constraints that are compatible for RTL and signoff
• Drive the pre-route timing checks and QoR clean up to eliminate SDC issues and ensure a quality handoff for STA checks
• Requires a mix of SDC knowledge, EDA tool competence and TCL based scripting capability (in both EDA environment and standalone Linux TCL shell scripts)
• Constantly review/identify the places to improve the process and ways to identify the issues early in the design phase.
• Drive the effort to maintain RTL quality metrics in complex, hierarchical designs and automating that process for improved efficiency.
• Need to execute our custom regression scripts/quality checks for our complex designs (Multimode, multimillion gates and multiple partitions)
• Understand the Primetime/Design Compiler checks and review the reports to help clean up in order to meet each milestone targets.
• Summarize the regression results periodically to track the progress.

Key Skills:

• Minimum of 6-8 years' experience
• Worked with EDA tools that enable RTL quality checks
• Experience with analyzing the timing reports and identifying both the design and constraints related issues.
• Ability to multitask, ramp up quickly on new flows/tools/ideas.
• Preferred EDA tool experience: Synopsys Design Compiler/Primetime, Spyglass, Fishtail etc. - other EDA tool experience acceptable

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT