The PDK team works with internal and external foundries to develop and deploy high-quality PDKs on both mature and advanced nodes. This global, energetic and fast-paced team interfaces directly with foundries and EDA tool vendors, as well as internally through foundry tech teams, packaging teams and design and layout communities to provide highly integrated, state of the art PDKs and PDK flows/solutions. The PDK is a core and essential part of all our design flows from concept to tapeout for every project.
The PDK team is looking for an Engineer based out of India (Bangalore) to enhance the team’s support for our business units and take over critical activities.
Job Description:
Install/customize foundry PDKs and provide support for various product groups. The role requires strong skills in several aspects of PDK, EDA Tools and flow development. The new hire is expected to:
Develop, review,
update and release foundry PDK and design methodologies for various business units.
Support circuit design and layout team with PDK related tasks such as design migrations, simulation, physical verification (DRC/LVS/ERC), EMIR, and parasitic extraction (PEX/QRC/StarRC).
Provide CAD support to designers in troubleshooting project setup, design workplace configuration, tool integration, and day-to-day setting issues to ensure a stable and productive design flow.
Own technically complex PDK/CAD problems from investigation through resolution.
Ensure PDK is compatible with the latest EDA tools and provide feedback/bug reports to EDA vendors as required.
Exercise creativity to innovate current processes and procedures to achieve solutions to complex problems quickly.
Maintain skills to ensure competence to perform assigned responsibilities.