Physical Design Engineer

Job description

About Etched Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. Job Summary: Etched is looking for exceptional Physical Design engineers to join our team. In this role, you will own block-level implementation and verification, drive timing closure and PPA optimization, supervise 3rd party design work, and help improve our design flows and iteration speed. Key Responsibilities: Deeply understand what is involved in physical design Running PD flows to close blocks, support ASIC infrastructure, automate PD flows, improve CAD infrastructure Collaborate with RTL Designers and provide Physical Design feedback to improve PPA Drive dashboards that show the convergence of projects related to PD Optimize too...