Director of Physical Design, Eliyan
Performance improvement for chiplet-based systems
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Performance improvement for chiplet-based systems
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
To revolutionize chiplet connectivity technologies by challenging the status quo to unleash the ultimate performance of smart systems of the future.
Role
Who you are
- Expertise in multiple areas of physical design, timing, and signoff
- Strong scripting and automation skills
- Management of small team experience
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- 12+ years of experience in ASIC physical design, with a proven track record of leading teams through successful tapeouts
- Deep expertise in the following areas: o RTL-to-GDSII flows o Synthesis, PnR, STA, EM/IR, and PV o Physical design for advanced process node (5nm and below) across two or more foundries
- Strong knowledge of EDA tools (Synopsys or Cadence) and scripting (Python, Perl)
- Exceptional leadership, project management, and problem-solving skills
What the job involves
- Lead and manage a team of physical design engineers, providing technical direction, mentorship, and performance feedback
- Define and execute the physical design strategy for multiple projects, ensuring alignment with company goals and timelines
- Develop, optimize, and maintain ASIC design flows for synthesis, PnR, EM/IR analysis, STA, and PV
- Drive continuous improvements in flow efficiency, automation, and quality metrics to meet power, performance, and area (PPA) targets
- Own the complete ASIC physical design process, from RTL handoff to GDSII delivery
- Collaborate with front-end design teams on RTL readiness and design-for-test (DFT) requirements
- Oversee logic synthesis, ensuring adherence to timing, power, and area constraints
- Drive floor planning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, and physical optimization in PnR
- Manage EM/IR analysis, timing closure through STA, and physical verification, including DRC, LVS, and metal fill
- Ensure successful tapeout with full sign-off criteria met, including reliability and manufacturability requirements
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including front-end design, DFT, package engineering, and manufacturing
- Present project updates and status reports to executive leadership
Our take
In order for technology like artificial intelligence to work at its peak, the hardware we use needs to support high performance. Eliyan is working to make peak-performance hardware a reality by eliminating the so-called "memory wall" that hinders high-performance applications.
Essentially, this problem exists because the current memory infrastructure works slower than the high-performance applications themselves. Eliyan combats this by supplying chiplet interconnect technology, which enables the tiny building blocks of computing structure to be linked together on the same device. This eliminates the "memory wall" and allows for a 10X improvement in performance.
It's a complex undertaking, but a valuable one - and the idea has seen Eliyan raise considerable backing. It will use these funds to address challenges in the design and manufacturing of advanced AI chips, supercharging their performance through its chiplet interconnect technology.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2024
$60m
SERIES B
Nov 2022
$40m
SERIES A
Total funding: $100m
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Leadership
Ramin Farjadrad
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former CTO and VP of Networking/Automotive PHYs at Marvell Semiconductor. Was Chair of the Technical Committee at NAV Alliance, Co-Founder and CTO at Aquantia and Senior Principal at Rambus.
Syrus Ziai
(Co-Founder & VP of Engineering)Previously VP of Engineering at NUVIA and Qualcomm, SVP of Engineering at PsiQuantum and VP of Worldwide Engineering at Ikanos Communications. Has also held CEO positions in the past.
Patrick Soheili
(Co-Founder)Managing Director at Ridgeview Venture Partners. Was a VP at eSilicon, as well as President and CEO at ON DEMAND Microelectronics and at Cradle Technologies.
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