Senior EMIR Engineer

Job Description

SmartSOC, A Virtusa Company

Location: Bengaluru / Hyderabad

Experience: 3–10 Years

Role Overview

SmartSOC is looking for EMIR / Power Integrity Engineers with strong hands-on experience in EM/IR analysis, RedHawk-SC, and Power Grid (PG) design/specification. The role involves analyzing EMIR issues, driving convergence, and working closely with Physical Design teams to achieve full-chip/block-level signoff.

Key Responsibilities

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• Perform EM/IR analysis and signoff for complex SoC/ASIC designs using RedHawk-SC.
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• Analyze Static/Dynamic IR Drop, Electromigration, and current-density violations.
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• Perform root-cause analysis of EMIR violations and identify appropriate corrective actions.
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• Validate PnR databases, PG connectivity, power structures, and EMIR inputs.
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• Drive EMIR convergence in collaboration with Physical Design teams.
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• Provide ECO recommendations for PG strengthening, via optimization, placement/routing changes, and other design fixes.
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• Define, review, and validate Power Grid (PG) specifications based on design power and reliability requirements.
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• Correlate EMIR issues with placement, routing, power, and timing to identify root causes.
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• Support block and full-chip EMIR signoff closure.
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• Work closely with Physical Design, STA, Power, and Physical Verification teams throughout signoff.
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Must-Have Skills

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• 3–10 years of relevant experience in EMIR / Power Integrity / ASIC signoff.
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• Strong hands-on experience in EMIR analysis and convergence.
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• RedHawk-SC experience is mandatory.
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• Strong understanding of IR Drop, Electromigration, current density, and power integrity.
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• Experience in PG Grid specification, analysis, and validation.
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• Hands-on experience with EMIR debugging and signoff closure.
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• Ability to provide effective ECO guidance to PnR teams.
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• Good understanding of ASIC Physical Design and signoff flows.
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Good to Have

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• Basic understanding of STA concepts.
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• Exposure to DRC/LVS and Physical Verification.
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• Experience with Multi-Voltage / Multi-Power-Domain designs.
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• Knowledge of UPF/CPF.
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• Scripting experience in Tcl / Python / Perl / Shell.
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Ideal Candidate

An engineer who can independently run RedHawk-SC EMIR simulations, debug violations, identify root causes, recommend PG/PnR fixes, and drive EMIR issues to signoff closure.