Senior Group Technical Architect

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In short

HCLTech is seeking a Senior Group Technical Architect with 15+ years of experience in Bangalore, India. This role involves end-to-end physical design flow, including floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, and achieving timing closure for advanced nodes (7nm, 5nm, 3nm and below). Responsibilities include collaborating with RTL and Micro-architecture teams, debugging complex issues, and driving methodology improvements.

Responsibilities

Perform end-to-end physical design flow
Floorplanning
Power planning (PG grid, IR)
Placement & optimization
CTS (Clock Tree Synthesis)
Routing
Post-route optimization
Achieve timing closure across all modes and corners
Resolve DRC, LVS, ERC and signoff violations
Handle low-power design techniques (Multi-Vt, Multi-voltage (UPF), Power gating, clock gating)
Perform physical verification and signoff (STA (Primetime), SI / Crosstalk, IR drop & EM analysis)
Work on advanced nodes (7nm, 5nm, 3nm or below)
Collaborate with RTL & Micro-architecture teams
Collaborate with DFT & Test engineers
Collaborate with Foundry and CAD teams
Debug complex timing, congestion, power, and variability issues
Drive methodology improvements and automation (scripts/flows)

Requirements

15+ years of total experience
Experience in end-to-end physical design flow
Experience in Floorplanning
Experience in Power planning (PG grid, IR)
Experience in Placement & optimization
Experience in CTS (Clock Tree Synthesis)
Experience in Routing
Experience in Post-route optimization
Experience in achieving timing closure across all modes and corners
Experience in resolving DRC, LVS, ERC and signoff violations
Experience with low-power design techniques: Multi-Vt, Multi-voltage (UPF), Power gating, clock gating
Experience in physical verification and signoff: STA (Primetime), SI / Crosstalk, IR drop & EM analysis
Experience working on advanced nodes (7nm, 5nm, 3nm or below)
Experience collaborating with RTL & Micro-architecture teams
Experience collaborating with DFT & Test engineers
Experience collaborating with Foundry and CAD teams
Experience debugging complex timing, congestion, power, and variability issues
Experience driving methodology improvements and automation (scripts/flows)

Benefits

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A place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first
Global technology company
Home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries
Delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI
Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion

Skills

Physical DesignFloorplanningPower PlanningPlacementCTSRoutingTiming ClosureDRCLVSERCLow-power designUPFPower gatingClock gatingPhysical VerificationSTAPrimetimeSICrosstalkIR dropEM analysisScripting

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HCLTech is a global technology company, home to 219,000+ people across 54 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering and cloud, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending September 2022 totaled $12.1 billion. To learn how we can supercharge progress for…

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