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Sr. SOC/ASIC Physical Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering)

SpaceX’s Starlink team is designing, building, testing, and operating large-scale satellite and ground systems to provide global broadband connectivity. The company seeks a motivated, proactive Sr. SOC/ASIC Physical Design Engineer to drive RTL-to-GDSII physical implementation, signoff closure, and methodology development for next-generation silicon used in space and ground infrastructure.

Skills

  • Bachelor’s in electrical/computer engineering or computer science
  • 5+ years industry experience in ASIC and/or physical design flow development
  • Hands-on experience with RTL-to-GDSII flows and industry-standard EDA signoff tools
  • Knowledge of deep-submicron FinFET/CMOS physics and CMOS digital design principles
  • Familiarity with DFT/Scan/MBIST/LBIST impacts on physical design
  • Proficient scripting (bash/csh, Perl, Python, TCL, Makefile) for flow automation
  • Strong debugging, problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Willingness to work extended hours/weekends when required and meet ITAR eligibility

Responsibilities

  • Perform partition, synthesis and full physical implementation (floorplanning, P/G grid, place-and-route) through signoff (STA, LVS/DRC, ERC, EM/IR, equivalency).
  • Develop and improve physical design methodologies, automation scripts and flows for implementation and signoff steps.
  • Collaborate with ASIC architecture, RTL, firmware, validation and product teams to define timing, power, area targets and explore RTL/design tradeoffs.
  • Identify, debug and resolve timing, congestion, noise, power and physical verification issues and drive closure.
  • Run, debug and resolve static timing analysis, logic equivalency, physical verification, electromigration and voltage-drop signoff issues.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (required)
  • Master’s or PhD in a related field (preferred)

Benefits

  • Base salary plus eligibility for long-term incentives (stock, options, or cash awards)
  • Potential discretionary bonuses and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Comprehensive medical, vision and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short- and long-term disability and life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Approximately 3 weeks paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays
  • Exempt employees eligible for 5 days sick leave per year
  • Various employee discounts and perks
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