Domain
Static Timing Analysis
STA engineers validate setup/hold across PVT corners, define constraints, and drive ECOs to close timing before tapeout.
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Daily work
- Write and audit SDC constraints
- Analyse setup/hold violations
- Run MMMC signoff
- Propose timing ECOs
Required skills
- PrimeTime/Tempus
- SDC
- Crosstalk & OCV
- Scripting
Career roadmap
- Timing fundamentals
- SDC mastery
- MMMC signoff
- ECO closure
Future scope
Every advanced-node tapeout needs STA specialists; strong niche with high salaries.
Learning path for Static Timing Analysis
Beginner roadmap
- Setup/hold math
- Clock trees
- Constraints
- Signoff corners
Recommended books
- Static Timing Analysis for Nanometer Designs — Bhasker & Chadha
Practice projects
- Constrain and time an open-source SoC with OpenSTA