01/06/2026
We’re looking for a Senior Physical Design Engineer to join the team.
* About the role
You will be responsible for the whole physical design flow of our SoCs, from netlist to GDS. You will be working closely with other teams (digital front-end, analog design, analog layout, packaging, and product) on a daily basis to create life-changing SoCs for biomedical applications. You will get involved in the whole IC design flow, from ideas to silicon. You will see the chips designed by you in real-life products.
You should be a motivated person with a can-do spirit and a keenness to work in an Aussie start-up culture. Nanochap's motto is "Anything can be explained - Any issue can be resolved", you will be trained to be an expert in your field of expertise. You do something because you fully understand it, you make a decision because you have enough data backing it.
* Where you will sit
9th Floor, TTC Building, 253 Hoang Van Thu, Tan Son Hoa Ward, Ho Chi Minh city.
* What you will do
• Perform Netlist-to-GDS design flow, including floor planning, placement, timing optimization, clock tree synthesis and route.
• Design multiple clock and power domains.
• Support STA timing analysis and fixing.
• Generate and implement functional ECO.
• Perform physical verification, including DRC/LVS/IR drop and DFM analysis.
• Coach junior engineers in the team.
* What we need from you
• At least 5 years of Physical Design experience, from modules to top chip.
• Experienced in Floor-planning, CTS, Timing closure, Power analysis, Physical verification.
• Experienced in multiple clock and multiple supply domains.
• Experienced in PPA (Power, Performance, Area) correlation and optimization.
• Experienced with EDA tools for Physical Design.
• Have knowledge of the full design flow from RTL to GDSII, including chip level.
• Have solid engineering understanding of the underlying concepts of IC design, semiconductor fabrication, implementation flows and methodologies for deep submicron design.
• Experienced in scripting languages (PERL, TCL, shell, etc).
• Good English communication skills and presentation skills, with an ability to think and communicate at different levels of abstraction.
• And last but not least, an eagerness to contribute to creating life-changing silicon chips.
* What we offer
• Competitive Salary Package.
• 13th month salary, plus performance-review bonus.
• Company stock options.
• Overseas opportunities: Short-term or Long-term working in Melbourne, Australia.
• Additional private family health insurance.
• Technical sharing, Mentoring program.
• Company trip, Year-end party, Team building activities, etc.
* Who we are and what we do
Nanochap is a Pioneer in Neural Interface Technology. We are designing and commercialising complete SoCs for biomedical applications such as bio-molecular sensing, continuous blood glucose monitoring, brain-computer interface, electrical neural stimulation, DNA sequencing, high-speed data acquisition for medical imaging equipment, EEG/ECG/EMG/PPG signal sensing and processing, implantable electronics and prostheses. We design every chip from ideas to mass production as well as mass testing, firmware bring-up, and end-product support.
At Nanochap, the team are working on full design flow for a typical IC, including but not limited to System design, RTL design, Analog design, Digital verification, Analog Layout, Digital Implementation, Physical Design, Mixed-signal design and verification, Full-chip integration and layout, GDS sign-off, IC packaging, Chip testing and firmware bring-up, end-product support.
We specialise in ultra-low noise, ultra-low power analog designs, PMU designs, high voltage DC-DC boosters, as well as smart and sophisticated digital modules, and digital signal processing. We integrate ARM and RISC-V MCUs in our SoCs, together with popular peripherals. For every chip, we integrate Analog to Digital converters, such as high-speed pipelined ADC, SAR ADC, high-resolution Sigma-Delta ADC. High frequency modules are also designed and used in our chip such as PLL, LVDS, ASK/LSK modulation/demodulation, inductive-link power/data transfer.
Nanochap was founded by two PhD alumni of The University of Melbourne, Australia. Our offices are in Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Melbourne, and Ho Chi Minh, in which Melbourne hosts our core R&D team.
At Ho Chi Minh office, we are looking for talented IC design engineers with at least 5 years of experience. Each position will work closely with our core R&D team in Melbourne, so there is huge potential for personal development in technical skills & knowledge, communication skills, and especially problem solving skills and logical thinking.
You can apply directly here or email to [email protected]
