Job Description
Principal HS Digital Place & Route Engineer (d/m/f)
Bucuresti, Romania | Pavia, Italy


The ams OSRAM Group is a global leader in innovative light and sensor solutions. As a specialist in Digital Photonics, we combine technological excellence with state-of-the-art global manufacturing capabilities to offer our customers the broadest portfolio of digital emitter and sensor technologies. 
Globally, our teams develop groundbreaking solutions aligned with societal megatrends like intelligent mobility, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, smart health, and robotics. 
At ams OSRAM, employees are part of a highly innovative, international technology environment. Diverse teams, a high degree of ownership, and exciting challenges provide the opportunity to grow, develop, and make a real difference. Because behind our innovations are people who carry something special inside and who bring their unique strengths to work every day. 

Show the world what you are made of.

Your new responsibilities

  • Technical expert and recognized authority for physical implementation of high-speed digital and mixed-signal ICs
  • Lead place-and-route implementation from synthesis results through PnR to sign-off and tape-out
  • Define, deploy, and maintain digital backend methodologies, flows, and best practices
  • Drive timing closure, power, performance, area (PPA), signal integrity, EM/IR and physical verification strategies
  • Mentor and develop engineers within the digital backend community
  • Lead EDA tool evaluations, methodology improvements, and flow automation initiatives
  • Support technology enablement for advanced CMOS nodes including FinFET and FD-SOI
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple projects and business units
  • Act as interface to foundries, EDA vendors, and methodology teams
  • Drive continuous improvement of backend design efficiency and quality


Who we are looking for


  • MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related field
  • 10+ years of experience in digital physical implementation and backend design
  • Proven expertise with industry-standard physical design tools and flows (Cadence EDA flow preferred)
  • Strong knowledge of floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, STA, physical verification, power integrity, and signal integrity analysis
  • Extensive experience with timing closure and sign-off methodologies
  • Experience with high-speed interfaces such as UCIe, PCIe, DDR, SerDes, USB, MIPI, or similar protocols is highly desirable
  • Experience driving methodology development and engineering best practices across multiple projects
  • Strong communication, collaboration, mentoring, and technical leadership skills
  • Ability to work independently and influence technical decisions at organizational level


Please contact Stefanie Kleierl for further information via STEFANIE.KLEIERL@AMS-OSRAM.COM or +49 (941) 8501391.

ams OSRAM is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diversity, equity and inclusion is strongly established in our corporate culture and we firmly believe it makes us more successful as a company. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment regardless of ethnic, national or social origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, religion, age, physical and mental abilities.
Information at a Glance
Job ID:  24010
Posting Start Date:  9/11/26
Job Family:  Research & Development
Career Level:  Experienced Professional (>8 years)
Company:  ams Italy S.r.l.
Schedules:  Full Time
Work Model:  Hybrid
Job Shift:  Flex time
Regular/Temporary:  Regular
Department:  LSP DP Layout

Application deadline: As long as the job is listed on our career page, we are looking for suitable candidates. We look forward to receiving your application.