Staff CAD Design Automation Engineer

Description

The EDA and Design Enablement team sits at the centre of the company's memory development. It builds and supports the tools and flows used for CMOS design at scale.

The team works with design, layout and process groups on hard technical problems that affect product results.

The role keeps an AI enabled design ecosystem running well and improves in-house and commercial EDA tools. It suits someone who likes debugging and building, and who enjoys helping colleagues across the design flow.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain AI assisted CAD software, EDA tools, flows and methods for CMOS design and verification.
• Find and fix faults in in-house and commercial AI enabled EDA tools, and keep them dependable in production.
• Write P-cells, scripts and automation covering physical design, verification, optimization and tapeout.
• Work with design, PI and process teams to fix workflow and tool problems and set up scalable layout methods that follow PDK requirements.
• Write documentation, and train and support end users.

Requirements

• Minimum: a bachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science or a related field.
• Minimum: 2+ years in CAD, VLSI or a related semiconductor engineering role.
• Minimum: working knowledge of SKILL/Skill++ (Cadence), Python and/or Perl.
• Minimum: PDK development and/or validation experience, plus familiarity with Cadence EDA tools and flows.
• Minimum: experience with Linux/Unix, shell scripting, databases and version control.
• Minimum: clear communication in a team-based engineering setting.
• Preferred: understanding of CMOS process basics and layout design rules.
• Preferred: understanding of photo and metrology marks and how they are laid out.
• Preferred: prior work supporting or building AI enabled EDA design tools, flows and methods.
• Preferred: experience supporting automation for physical design, verification or tapeout flows.

Conditions

The employer links to information about the right to work.

The company prohibits child labor and does not charge candidates recruitment fees.

Benefits

• A choice of medical, dental and vision plans, offered in all locations.
• Income protection if illness or injury stops you from working.
• Paid family leave.
• A paid time-off program and paid holidays.
• Full benefit details are in a Benefits Guide on the company's careers website.