Physical Design Engineer (7452)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited · San Jose, California, US
Overview of Role Are you a highly motivated and skilled Physical Design Engineer with at least 3 years of industrial experience eager to push the boundaries...
Job description
Overview of Role Are you a highly motivated and skilled Physical Design Engineer with at least 3 years of industrial experience eager to push the boundaries of semiconductor technology? Join our dynamic Test Chip Physical Implementation team in San Jose, CA, and play a critical role in bringing TSMC’s most advanced process nodes (A16/A14/A10) to life. This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer with a strong foundation in VLSI design, a passion for innovation, and hands-on experience with cutting-edge EDA tools. You will be instrumental in the physical implementation and tapeout of complex test vehicles, contributing directly to the future of high-performance computing and advanced electronics. Responsibilities: - Drive the end-to-end physical implementation and tapeout of test vehicles on TSMC’s leading-edge process nodes (A16/A14/A10). - Execute comprehensive physical design flows from netlist-to-GDS, including: - Block and SoC-level floorplanning, power grid implementation, and low-power structure integration. - Advanced placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), and routing for optimal performance and congestion management. - Extensive design optimization for power, performance...