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 an

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