Senior/Staff Physical Design Engineer

Lead Block Coordinator (APR / Physical Design) — 10+Yrs (Innovus) • 10+ years of ASIC/SoC Physical Design / APR experience in a reputed product company, with multiple tapeouts. • Senior Block Coordinator responsible for planning/execution and closure of 15+ blocks. • Strong hands-on expertise in Cadence Innovus: floorplan, place/opt, CTS, route, and ECO closure at block level. • Proven ability to drive timing closure (setup/hold), MMMC, constraints/exceptions alignment, and QoR improvement across blocks. • Solid experience in congestion/routability debugging (macro placement/pin access/blockages/density) and driving closure actions with clear metrics. • Experience across advanced and lower/mature nodes (e.g., 2/3/4/6nm). • Strong understanding of block signoff readiness and coordination for DRC/LVS, SI-aware optimization, and IR/EM closure with signoff teams. • Mandatory scripting/automation: strong Tcl (Innovus) for flow execution, report parsing, and QoR tracking; Python/Perl/Shell preferred. • Strong cross-team coordination with STA/DFT/Synthesis/CAD.