Principal Physical Design Engineer — Equity & High-Performance Chips

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entrada venturesPalo Alto (CA)

Computer Hardware Engineers Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing

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About the role

Entrada Ventures in Palo Alto seeks a Principal Physical Design Engineer to join as an early member of our physical design team. You will own challenging physical implementation problems from floorplan through signoff, driving performance, power, and timing targets while providing technical leadership. This deeply hands-on role requires independent problem solving across RTL, timing, and physical implementation, and collaboration with RTL, architecture, and verification teams to accelerate

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