STA & Synthesis Lead Engineer

Job Description

Our partner is expanding its semiconductor engineering team and is looking for an experienced STA & Synthesis Lead Engineer to own synthesis, static timing analysis, timing closure and design optimization across complex digital designs.

You will work from RTL through implementation and sign off, driving synthesis quality, PPA optimization and timing convergence across hierarchical and top level designs. The role requires close collaboration with RTL, DFT and Physical Design teams to identify bottlenecks, resolve implementation issues and ensure robust timing closure.

Level: Senior
Location: Barcelona, Spain, Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Drive physical aware RTL to gate synthesis at block and top level

• Optimize designs for power, performance and area

• Analyze synthesis results and identify optimization opportunities

• Develop, validate and debug SDC constraints

• Define clocks, generated clocks, I/O constraints and timing exceptions

• Manage false paths, multicycle paths and case analysis

• Perform MMMC static timing analysis and timing sign off

• Analyze setup, hold, recovery, removal and clock gating checks

• Investigate critical paths and timing bottlenecks

• Generate, implement and validate timing and functional ECOs

• Resolve post placement and post route timing issues

• Support functional, scan and DFT timing modes

• Work with RTL, DFT and Physical Design teams to improve design convergence

• Improve synthesis and timing closure methodology

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands on synthesis and STA experience

• Strong logic and physical synthesis experience

• PPA optimization across complex digital designs

• Deep knowledge of STA and MMMC analysis

• Strong SDC development, validation and debugging

• Timing closure across block, subsystem and top level designs

• ECO implementation and validation

• Strong knowledge of setup, hold and clock related timing analysis

• Understanding of clock skew, latency, jitter, uncertainty and variation

• Knowledge of PVT conditions and their impact on timing

• Experience with PrimeTime, Fusion Compiler, Formality and VCLP

• Experience with advanced semiconductor nodes, ideally 3nm or below

• Hierarchical and top level STA experience

• Experience with synthesis, parasitic data and SDF based timing analysis

• Strong debugging and problem solving skills

Optional / Desired

• RISC V architecture experience

• DFT and scan timing

• CTS and clock tree related timing issues

• Hierarchical physical synthesis

• Formal equivalence checking

• Advanced node SoC experience

• Experience working across RTL, synthesis, STA and Physical Design sign off

What’s in it for you?

Our partner offers an opportunity to work on advanced semiconductor development in Barcelona, with significant ownership of synthesis and timing methodology.

• 4 days per week in the Barcelona office, 1 day from home

• Flexible working hours

• 1 week per year working from anywhere

• 25 days annual leave plus December 24 and 31

• Monthly food allowance

• Private medical insurance

• Relocation support

• Housing search assistance

• Visa support where required

• Virtual share plan

• Language classes

• Tax support, subject to eligibility