Physical Design Engineer

Company: IC Resources
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Location: Reading
Job Description:

Physical Design Engineer – Reading or Cambridge

This is an exciting opportunity to join small advanced R&D team that is looking to expand. They are looking for a Physical Design Engineer to work on next generation high speed circuit and communications technology.

This is an opportunity to work on advanced semiconductor technology within a highly technical R&D environment, where Physical Design is involved in taking new architectures from development through towards production silicon.

The role would suit a Physical Design Engineer who enjoys working across the full implementation flow and wants exposure to challenging designs at advanced process nodes.

What makes the role interesting:

  • Work on advanced semiconductor designs using modern process technologies
  • Opportunity to contribute to new architectures rather than simply implementing established designs
  • Full RTL to GDS experience across synthesis, place & route and signoff
  • Small, technically focused R&D environment with significant scope to influence methodologies and implementation
  • Research and development work has a clear route towards future production silicon

The ideal Physical Design Engineer will have:

  • Strong experience across the digital Physical Design flow from RTL through to GDS
  • Experience working on advanced process nodes, ideally 7nm or below
  • Good understanding of modern implementation and signoff methodologies
  • Experience with Cadence tools is preferred but not essential
  • Experience with timing closure and STA
  • Exposure to physical verification and signoff
  • Scripting experience, ideally with TCL, Python or Shell
  • Experience working with mixed signal or analogue blocks would be a strong advantage
  • Experience with SerDes is useful but not essential

Tel – 01189073075

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-browne-b4a08b20b/

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Posted: September 22nd, 2026