UST Hiring! Full Time Physical Design Manager in Pulau Pinang - Ricebowl

Job Title: Physical Design Manager

Location: Malaysia

Experience: 10+ Years

Role Summary

UST is looking for an experienced Physical Design Manager to lead end-to-end ASIC/SoC Physical Design projects while remaining actively involved in technical execution. The role combines hands-on physical design expertise with project leadership, customer engagement, and team mentoring.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute physical design activities from floorplanning to GDSII signoff.
• Drive timing closure, CTS, routing, SI, IR/EM, power, and physical verification closure.
• Manage project schedules, deliverables, risks, and resource planning.
• Serve as the technical focal point for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Conduct design reviews, resolve technical challenges, and ensure signoff-quality results.
• Mentor engineers and drive methodology, flow, and productivity improvements.
• Collaborate with RTL, DFT, Verification, and other cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of ASIC/SoC Physical Design experience.
• Proven experience leading and delivering Physical Design projects.
• Strong hands-on expertise in floorplanning, P&R, CTS, STA, timing closure, SI, IR/EM, and signoff flows.
• Experience with advanced technology nodes (7nm and below preferred).
• Proficiency in industry-standard EDA tools such as Innovus, ICC2, PrimeTime, Tempus, Voltus, and Calibre.
• Scripting knowledge in Tcl, Perl, or Python is a plus.
• Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred

• Experience leading geographically distributed teams.
• Exposure to low-power design methodologies (UPF/CPF).
• Experience with complex SoC, AI/ML, networking, automotive, or HPC designs.