# Principal Physical Design Engineer at Broadcom

- Company: Broadcom
- What the company does: Broadcom delivers semiconductors and infrastructure software for global enterprises’ most complex, mission-critical needs.
- Company website: https://www.broadcom.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-30
- Apply by: 2026-12-14
- Apply: https://broadcom.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/external_career/job/USA-CA-San-Jose-Innovation-Drive/Principal-Physical-Design-Engineer_R027512?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/broadcom-principal-physical-design-engineer/

## About the role

Broadcom’s ASIC Products Division (APD) is looking for a Principal Physical Design Engineer to lead physical design implementation tasks for next-generation high-performance networking, AI/ML accelerators, and custom cloud ASICs. In this role, you will drive complex block-level floorplanning, synthesis, Place and Route (P&R), clock tree synthesis (CTS), timing closure, and signoff across cutting-edge deep sub-micron nodes (N5/N3/N2/A14). Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Education: B.S. or M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
- Experience: 12+ years of hands-on physical design experience successfully taping out complex high-frequency, ultra-large-scale networking or AI ASICs
- Deep Sub-Micron Expertise: Direct experience executing tapeouts in TSMC advanced nodes (N7, N5, N3) or equivalent foundry processes
- EDA Tool Mastery: High proficiency in major physical design tool flows: P&R: Cadence Innovus
- Timing/STA: Synopsys PrimeTime or Cadence Tempus
- Extraction & IR/EM: StarRC / QRC, RedHawk


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