AI-Driven Physical Design Technical Leader
$210,600–$305,100 year
On-site · San Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead physical design automation initiatives within Cisco’s CHG to identify high-value automation targets (timing triage, congestion root-cause analysis, floorplan suggestions) and evaluate LLM-generated outputs against ground truth for design QoR, timing impact, and sign-off compliance. Own the full developer loop from prototype to production with measurable design cycle reduction. Build agentic PnR workflows where Claude iterates autonomously on placement, routing, and timing constraints based on tool feedback loops. Create RAG pipelines indexing internal PDKs, design rule documents, sign-off checklists, and runbooks for Claude to reference. Write and maintain Tcl bridge scripts translating Claude’s suggested fixes into executable EDA tool commands. Develop prompt architectures that interpret STA timing reports, DRC logs, congestion maps, and power analysis outputs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field
- 12+ years of Physical Design experience if Bachelor’s, or 8+ years if Master’s
- Experience with Python and effectively leveraging AI tools through accurate prompting to enhance productivity
- Experience designing and building an MCP-based wrapper layer connecting Claude to live EDA tools (Innovus, ICC2, Calibre) for real-time copilot interactions
- Experience developing EDA copilots or AI-assisted design tools
- Experience with Docker and containerized EDA environments
- Experience with machine learning driven placement and routing (MLPD / ML-driven PnR) and OpenAI APIs (GPT-4o, o3) and vector databases such as Pinecone or Weaviate
- Experience with RTL2GDSII flow and design tapeouts in 7nnm/5nm/3nm or below process technologies
- Experience working with EDA tools like Innovus, Tempus/Primetime, Redhawk/Voltus or Calibre/Pegasus
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