Remote Physical Design Engineer Jobs
Remote Physical Design Engineer jobs are open across the semiconductor, EDA software, and fabless chip design sectors at remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams, from mid-level layout roles to principal and staff positions. Employers hiring remotely right now include Positron AI, K2 Space, and Tenstorrent. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Exante360, Inc., is looking for a Physical Security Design Manager that wants to join us on our bold initiative of “improving lives through relationships, by connecting people to solutions.”
Role
The Physical Security Design Manager (Mission Critical Data Center Security Design) supports multiple fast-paced, mission critical projects and is responsible for managing all aspects of the project lifecycle, from kickoff and stakeholder alignment through multi-disciplinary coordination, scope reviews, quality assurance and closeout. The Physical Security Design Manager will drive schedule, scope, and quality across security design deliverables to ensure milestones are met with meticulous attention to detail.
Exante360 is building an AI-forward organization. We are looking for professionals who embrace artificial intelligence, automation, and digital transformation as part of how they work. Ideal candidates are proactive in learning and applying new technologies, comfortable integrating AI tools into their workflow where appropriate, and capable of combining technology with sound business judgment to deliver exceptional results.
What You’ll Do
- Take full ownership of assigned projects from internal handoff through final closeout, ensuring successful delivery across all phases.
- Manage the design, quality-assurance, construction administration, and closeout phases of each assigned project. Conduct cross-discipline design review for each assigned project.
- Lead and participate in client meetings (both virtual and onsite) to align project requirements, expectations, and evolving system design criteria.
- Conduct onsite field surveys and site assessments to verify existing conditions and confirm construction aligns with design documents and specifications.
- Lead the preparation of high-quality contract documents, including Revit drawings and CSI-format specifications.
- Develop, maintain, and track project schedules and deliverables to ensure on-time, accurate, and high-quality execution.
- Build and manage project budgets, monitor financial performance, and track design costs using project accounting and management tools.
- Collaborate closely with internal design teams and external stakeholders to coordinate and integrate system designs into the overall project.
- Prepare detailed assessment reports that include clear, actionable recommendations and solutions.
- Identify scope changes, prepare proposals for additional services, and secure client authorization when required.
- Use Bluebeam Revu to annotate floor plans, create single-line diagrams, elevations, and other project-specific design details.
- Support construction administration activities, including RFI responses, submittal reviews, site visits, punch walks, acceptance testing, and written field observation reports.
- Perform QA/QC reviews of team deliverables to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with standards.
Sample Tasks You’ll Perform
- Manage assigned projects from internal handoff through final closeout, maintaining full ownership of scope, schedule, and budget across all project phases.
- Coordinate and communicate with clients and internal project teams, facilitate meetings, resolving issues, and ensuring system design criteria evolve appropriately throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Skills and Abilities Necessary
- Client-focused approach with a strong commitment to delivering value.
- Sense of ownership, responsibility, customer service, excellence, and versatility.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative environment.
- Must be able to handle multiple concurrent assignments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Education/Experience Requirements
- 5-7 years of previous low voltage/ICT/security design experience and applying this expertise into a typical A/E/C industry design package.
- Familiarity with working as an embedded subject matter expert in related cross-discipline teams. This includes gates, fencing, electrical circuiting, cable pathway design, and architectural door hardware.
- Strong knowledge of mission critical data center physical security concepts and methodologies.
- Must demonstrate a solid understanding of technology design concepts in one or more areas of expertise
- Experience with using Bluebeam, Smartsheet, MS Office as core software programs
- Familiarity with Revit and BIM360 modeling tools
- Comprehension of building information modeling (BIM) and recognition of the importance of coordinating infrastructure and other disciplines within the model
- Demonstrated experience using AI, automation, data analytics, or other emerging technologies to improve efficiency, decision-making, collaboration, or business outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- The ideal candidate will also possess deep knowledge of ICD-705 standards.
- Associate degree or bachelor’s degree in an engineering related field preferred
- General knowledge of NEC, NFPA, EIA/TIA and/or BICSI standards.
What We Offer
We believe that the culture of the company, work environment, and job responsibilities present a unique working atmosphere in which you will thrive. We trust people to own their work, make smart decisions, and use the freedom they’re given to deliver exceptional results. We uphold superior customer service, strive for excellence, embrace versatility, and take responsibility in everything we do. Join a growing team that’s shaping an exciting, fast-evolving industry and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible!
We’re proud to offer an experience that not only makes work more enjoyable, but also empowers you to grow, stay energized, and feel supported every step of the way.
- Remote work environment built on intentional connection
- Professional growth through prioritizing your continued education goals
- Robust benefit package to support wellness and work life balance
Who We Are
Exante360, Inc. is an industry-leading technology design and consulting company that specializes in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Security systems. Guided by our Core Values, our certified professionals consult, design, and manage a variety of specialized low-voltage systems including telecommunications and data network cabling infrastructure, wireless (Wi-Fi, DAS, ERCES), electronic security systems (access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, security communications), audiovisual, fire alarm, nurse call, clinical communications, and other technology systems. Since our founding in 2013, our company has successfully completed thousands of technology design projects in various market sectors, including healthcare, education, data centers, critical infrastructure, corporate, government, biotech, and transportation. Our services include project management and construction administration to ensure that our projects effectively produce Intended Results.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
- Long Term Disability Insurance
Work Location: Remote
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Electronics & Hardware
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote physical design engineer jobs.
- Experience with industry-standard EDA tools such as Synopsys IC Compiler or Cadence Innovus
- Hands-on work with advanced process nodes at 7nm, 5nm, or below
- Proficiency in static timing analysis and timing closure methodologies
- Strong scripting skills in Tcl, Python, or Perl for flow automation
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
- Familiarity with physical verification tools including DRC and LVS sign-off
Tips for Your Remote Physical Design Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote physical design engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles matched to your PnR and timing closure experience and apply directly without sifting through unrelated postings.
Document async contributions in your portfolio
Remote employers can't observe your process, so show it. Publish floorplan decisions, congestion maps, and timing closure reports with written rationale. Async-readable documentation signals you can operate without hand-holding across time zones.
Get fluent in remote-native EDA workflows
Distributed physical design teams run Innovus, ICC2, and Calibre over cloud or VPN-accessible servers. Demonstrate that you've used these tools in a remote compute environment, not just a lab workstation, because remote employers ask about it directly.
Screen for distributed team structure before applying
Check whether the engineering team is actually distributed or whether the role is remote by exception. Fabless companies and EDA vendors with async-first engineering culture are far more likely to give remote physical design engineers full project ownership from the start.
Remote Physical Design Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote physical design engineer job?
Target remote-first semiconductor companies, fabless chip startups, and EDA tool vendors that run fully distributed engineering teams. Remote employers screen hard for demonstrated proficiency in place-and-route tools like Innovus or ICC2, and they weight written communication and self-directed project management heavily because there's no one to ask over your shoulder. A public portfolio of floorplanning or timing closure work gives you a concrete edge.
Which companies hire remote physical design engineers?
Employers currently hiring remote physical design engineers include Positron AI, K2 Space, and Tenstorrent, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote openings for this role are concentrated at fabless semiconductor companies, EDA software firms, and chip IP vendors that operate distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones.
Can you get a remote physical design engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot PnR and timing closure issues independently from day one. Smaller fabless startups and EDA vendors are the most likely to hire entry-level remotely. Academic tape-out projects, open-source PDK work, and Skywater shuttle chips all serve as concrete proof of hands-on skills when professional experience is limited.
Do you need a degree for remote physical design engineer jobs?
Usually, but demonstrated hands-on skills carry significant weight alongside a degree. Most remote employers in the semiconductor and EDA space do list a BS in electrical engineering or a related field, but candidates who can show verified tape-out experience, strong PnR tool proficiency, and clean timing signoff results are competitive even when their academic background is unconventional.
Which industries hire the most remote physical design engineers?
The sectors hiring the most remote physical design engineers are Electronics & Hardware and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors rely on distributed teams of physical design specialists who contribute to chip development cycles without needing to be co-located with fab or design center staff.
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