Staff Engineer – LEC / CLP (Logical Equivalence & Low Power Convergence)

Role Overview

As a Staff Engineer - LEC/CLP, you will play a key role in ensuring functional correctness and low-power intent integrity across the design lifecycle. You willbe responsible forequivalence checking as well as validating UPF/CPF-based low-power implementations, ensuring seamless convergence between RTL, synthesis, and physical design stages for successful tape-out.

WhatYou’llDo

• Perform RTL-to-Gate and Gate-to-Gate equivalence checks using tools like Cadence Conformal or Synopsys Formality
• Validate low-power design intent (UPF/CPF) and ensure correctness of power-aware transformations
• Debug LEC failures, including issues arising from clock gating, retention, isolation, and level shifters
• Ensure convergence of LEC and CLP across synthesis, place-and-route, and ECO cycles
• Work closely with RTL, Synthesis, DFT, and Physical Design teams to resolve design mismatches
• Handle ECO validation and ensure equivalence closure post-design changes
• Develop automation scripts and improvemethodologyfor LEC/CLP sign-off

WhatWe’reLooking For

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Electrical/ElectronicsEngineering or related discipline
• 7+ years of experience in Formal Verification, LEC, and Low Power Verification
• Strongexpertisein tools likeCadence Conformal LEC/LPorSynopsys Formality/VC LP
• Solid understanding oflow-power design concepts (UPF/CPF), clock gating, power domains
• Experience with synthesis, netlist optimizations, and equivalence debugging
• Proficiencyin scripting languages such asTCL, Python, or Perl
• Good to Have
• Exposure to advanced low-power techniques (multi-Vt, DVFS, power gating)

Experience with hierarchical SoC-level LEC/CLP flows

• Familiarity with DFT concepts and scan impact on equivalence
• Knowledge of STA and Physical Design interactionsimpactingLEC/CLP
• Success in This Role Looks Like
• Clean LEC/CLP sign-off with zero functional or power-intent mismatches
• Fast turnaround time in debugging and resolving equivalence issues
• Robust, scalable LEC/CLP methodologies across projects
• Strong cross-team collaboration ensuring smooth design convergence

Location

Hybrid / On-site – Bengaluru