Backend Physical Design Engineer

Job Description:
Designs and develops integrated circuits.  Oversees definition, design, verification, and documentation for ASIC development. Determines architecture design, logic design, and system simulation. Defines module interfaces/formats for simulation. Contributes to the development of multidimensional designs involving the layout of complex integrated circuits. Evaluates all aspects of the process flow from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power use. Analyzes equipment to establish operation data, conducts experimental tests, and evaluates results. May also review vendor capability to support development.  – Knowledge: Internally recognized technical or business contributor uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.  
• Possesses a specialized level of technical expertise or business acumen with accomplished track record
• Networked within the industry and acknowledged expert by peers
• Represents the company at industry forum and conferences
• Develop and/or applies innovative technologies and concepts
• Technical or business consulting resource to business level managers
 – Job Complexity / Contribution : Works on advanced complex technical projects or business issues requiring state of the art technical knowledge or industry. Recognized as the in-house expert on specific technologies.  
• May manage resources to achieve group objectives
• Decisions have major impact on organization, both internally and externally
 – Supervision : Goals generally communicated in “solution” or project goal terms. Means of arriving at a solution not generally determined by other than the incumbent.
• Sets direction for high-impact and/or long-range strategic/technical projects
• Leads major initiatives/projects
• Virtually self-supervisory
 – Experience : Bachelors and 12+ years of related experience; at this level a post-graduate degree is typically expected or
Masters degree and 10+ years of related experience or PhD and 7+ years of related experience