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Senior Silicon Physical Design Engineer

SPD Technology

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5-10 years experience
Remote OK

Key Skills

SoC design
Physical design
Synthesis
Place and route
DFT
Low power design
Clock domain crossing
Voltage domain crossing
PPA optimization
EDA methodology
Micro-architecture
Logic circuits
Perl
Python
Tcl

Job Description

At SPD Technology, we bring together a team of like-minded people who are driven by the desire to bring value through their work, united in their commitment to high performance and delivering custom, cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. We empower our people with a culture of excellence and enable them with the opportunity to uphold their accountability to contribute on each level. We value humanity and collaboration, encourage professional and personal growth, and foster a supportive and flexible work environment where everyone’s contribution is welcomed.

And now we are looking for a Senior Silicon Physical Design Engineer to join us as part of our team.

About the role

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

As a SoC Physical Design Engineer, you will collaborate with functional design, Design for Testing (DFT), architecture, and packaging engineers. In this role, you will solve technical problems with innovative micro-architecture and practical logic circuits solutions, while evaluating design options with optimized performance, power, and area in mind.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity.

We're the driving force behind groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future.

Work Environment

Fully remote role. Flexible schedule with participation in team ceremonies and cross-functional collaboration.

As a qualified expert, You will
  • Use problem-solving and simulation techniques to ensure performance, power, and area (PPA) are within defined requirements.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug failures or performance shortfalls and meet program goals in lab or simulation.
  • Design chips, chip-subsystems, or partitions within subsystems from synthesis through place and route, and sign off convergence, ensuring that the design meets the architecture goals of power, performance, and area.
  • Develop, validate, and improve Electronic Design Automation (EDA) methodology for a specialized sign off or implementation domain to enable cross-functional teams to build and deliver blocks that are correct by construction and ease convergence efforts.
We’re looking for you if you have
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with System on a Chip (SoC) cycles.
  • Experience with advanced design, including clock/voltage domain crossing, DFT, and low power designs.
  • Experience in high-performance, high-frequency, and low-power designs.
Bonus Points
  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Tcl.
What’s in it for You

Reveal great tech solutions

Join the team of experts who create custom, cutting-edge tech solutions for world-renowned businesses, fueling clients growth. Unleash your potential, tackle new challenges, and be part of a team that values your skills and contributions. Focus on long-term impact and building tailored, long-lasting partnerships with our clients.

Experience an agile and flexible working environment

Work fully remote around the globe, or in a hybrid work model from our office hubs which are equipped with everything needed for comfortable work. Enjoy a flexible working schedule and create work and rest balance for yourself. Empower yourself with a stable workload and a stable income, focusing on lasting cooperation and high-performance culture.

Embrace the opportunity for personal and professional growth

Take advantage of performance review and career path. Elevate your skills with mentorship program, personal development plan, and individual learnings through the corporate library, public speaking support, and more.

Feel cared about

Be among like-minded people and feel supported with collaboration, open communication and mutual respect. Join company-wide tech and cultural events, and contribute to meaningful CSR initiatives that resonate with your values.

Core Responsibilities

You will design and implement SoC subsystems from synthesis through sign-off while ensuring optimal power, performance, and area metrics. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug performance shortfalls and improve EDA methodologies for hardware development.

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and at least 5 years of experience with SoC cycles. Proficiency in high-performance, low-power design and familiarity with advanced design techniques like DFT and domain crossing are required.

Benefits

  • Flexible working schedule
  • Remote work
  • Performance review
  • Career path
  • Mentorship program
  • Personal development plan
  • Corporate library
  • Public speaking support
  • Tech and cultural events
  • CSR initiatives

About SPD Technology

Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting

Company size: 501-1,000 employees

SPD Technology is a global software product and AI-native development company with over 650 professionals and delivery centers across Europe. Since 2006, we've partnered closely with startups, SMBs, and blue-chip organizations including PitchBook, Morningstar, Blackhawk Network, Space Needle, and Axcess to turn ambitious ideas into software that holds up in the real world. AI is increasingly embedded in how we build, with engineers working alongside AI agents across the full lifecycle – from planning and architecture to code, testing, review, and release. Our verification-first approach treats AI-generated code as something to be proven, not simply trusted, helping teams accelerate delivery without compromising reliability, security, and maintainability. We apply AI-assisted or traditional engineering approaches based on what delivers the best results for each engagement. Whether you need to launch a new product, scale your engineering capacity, modernize your technology stack, or adopt AI across your product and engineering organization, SPD Technology brings the right expertise to get you there. With deep domain expertise in fintech, digital payments, LegalTech, eCommerce, logistics, education, and other industries, along with data- and AI-native engineering, ML/computer vision, and cloud capabilities, SPD Technology is an official AWS and Adyen partner and a Select Services Partner in Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network.

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