Staff CAD Flow Engineer, Physical Implementation & Sign Off, AI Hardware
Tesla · Posted Nov 3
Electric vehicles, solar panels, and integrated clean energy storage solutions
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About the role
The Tesla AI Hardware team designs advanced AI inference chips and Dojo, Tesla's custom supercomputer for training large neural networks, powering Full Self-Driving and the Optimus robot. Its physical design team builds the end-to-end CAD infrastructure that powers tapeout for complex SoC and 3D IC designs. As a Staff CAD Flow Engineer, you will own the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of RTL-to-GDS implementation and signoff flows, scaling design productivity and PPA optimization with agentic AI-driven flows.
What you will do
- Build and maintain RTL-to-GDS implementation flows including synthesis, placement, routing, and signoff integration
- Own CTS flow development and optimization — tune clock tree strategies to achieve PPA targets across frequency, power, and area
- Develop and manage ECO flows — functional ECOs, timing ECOs, and metal-only ECOs — with robust LEC validation at each stage
- Set up and validate electrical analysis flows including static/dynamic IR drop, EM, and power analysis integration within the implementation flow
- Develop power intent flows — implement and validate UPF/CPF-driven multi-voltage domain strategies through synthesis and P&R
- Maintain parasitic extraction flows and ensure correlation between implementation and signoff tools
- Build MMMC timing flows — manage corner and mode configuration for setup, hold, and signoff convergence
- Integrate physical verification (DRC/LVS) and formal equivalence checking (LEC) as continuous checkpoints within the flow
- Develop and deploy agentic AI flows to automate flow execution, detect bottlenecks, triage violations, and drive closure decisions without manual intervention
- Evaluate and adopt new EDA tool capabilities — drive tool bring-up, qualification, and regression benchmarking
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of CAD flow development and physical implementation experience on complex SoCs
- Deep expertise in CTS methodologies and clock architecture optimization for PPA
- Hands-on experience with industry P&R and synthesis tools (Innovus, Genus, Fusion Compiler, or equivalent)
- Strong command of ECO methodologies — timing, functional, and metal ECO flows through tapeout
- Experience building power analysis and power intent flows (UPF/CPF, multi-voltage)
- Proficiency with signoff integration — STA, EMIR, DRC/LVS, and parasitic extraction within a unified flow
- Ability to develop, deploy, and scale agentic AI flows for design automation and autonomous closure
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Tesla
Tesla, Inc. is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company that designs, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles, battery energy storage systems, and solar panels. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company is dedicated to accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy through innovative technology and engineering. Its product ecosystem ranges from mass-market passenger cars and commercial semi-trucks to advanced energy generation and storage solutions.
- Industry
- Automotive
- Company size
- 125000+ employees
- Founded
- 2003
- Location
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $6.0B raised
- 2020-05-18Post Ipo Debt$5.0B
Leadership
Elon Musk
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer
Senior Vice President, Automotive
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
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