ASIC Physical Design Engineer (Hardware Engineer) Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California
Process
2 Screenings:
- 1 onsite screening for 1.5 hours at Santa Clara Office.
- 1 phone interview for 1 hour.
5 hours of onsite interviews with the physical design team.
Questions
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Inverted temperature effect on STA. The question was based on temperature effects on delay below 65nm technology. How does STA work under those conditions at different corners?
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An interesting question about how latency affects jitter.
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Maximum skew allowed when lock-up latches are used.
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OCV and questions based on it.
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CRPR.
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How does a cell get its minimum and maximum delay?
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SPEF file contents, questions about StarRCxtractor working.
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Internship experience-based questions.
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- 2.0Good Pay, Bad ManagementSRE/DevOps Engineer • Current EmployeeSanta Clara, California, United StatesAugust 26, 2024Pros: Best places to work. Good pay.Cons: Micromanagement Poor management Poor culture
- 5.0Worked as a Hardware InternHardware Engineering Intern • Current EmployeeSanta Clara, California, United StatesJanuary 23, 2015Pros: Dynamic, interesting, challenging. It is interesting also to work for a company that is not unknown to regular people. It's also nice to have some kind of feedback about the stuff you do, to see them in action. People at the company are fair and reasonable.Cons: I cannot think of a list of cons. When there is work, there is work. Some days you'll score approx. 10 hours a day (paid overtime, of course), and some days you'll have almost no work at all, but that's how it works.
- 4.0Lots to learn, but need to work hardSystem Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSanta Clara, California, United StatesMay 12, 2025Pros: Lots to learn. Keeps you busy.Cons: Expect weekend work at least once a month. Rude upper management.
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