Hudson River Trading
Physical Design Engineer
$200K–$300K
Austin, TX, United States +10 · Full-time · Posted Apr 28, 2026
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Boulder, Colorado, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United States
London, United Kingdom
New York, NY, United States
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About the job
Implements and improves physical design workflows for performance-critical ASICs, from RTL handoff through GDSII, with a focus on timing, power, performance, and area.
What you'll do
- Drive design-for-test methodologies and contribute to physical implementation, floorplanning, optimization, and timing closure.
- Diagnose physical design issues and build automated, repeatable flows, scripts, and tooling.
- Collaborate with RTL, architecture, and hardware engineers to shape design decisions.
What they ask for
- Experience working in high-performance ASIC design environments.
- Strong fundamentals in digital logic, circuit design, and process technology; familiarity with DFT and testing methodologies.
- Hands-on static timing analysis and timing closure experience; expertise with industry-standard physical design and signoff tools.
- Strong scripting and automation skills, including parsing and analyzing tool outputs.
Nice to have
- Applied use of statistics to analyze timing, power, or design data.
Pay
200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, Tcl, shell, Innovus, PrimeTime
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