Role: Senior CAD/EDA Engineer
Duration: 12+ Months
Location: Austin, TX || Remote role (Travel - 3/4 days a month ( AUSTIN))
Job Description-
Implement automation and workflows for custom integrated circuit design and 3DHI modeling across the wide range of EDA IC design tools. Develop and maintain automation scripts in Linux environments, as well as Windows applications. Define design flows andprovide user support for TIE's Assembly Design Kits (ADK's), while helping to ensure interoperability with our partner PDK's. Work closely with EDA vendors and our internal Design and Processes engineering teams to develop and define TIE's preferred tool sets that will enable 3DHI system design for our potential customer base and our internal design/modeling teams. Senior positions will help set TIE s overall EDA/Design methodologies and process strategies.
Responsibilities
Create and maintain scripts/automation to assure compatibility and integration with wide range of EDA IC design/modeling tools to enable simulation/emulation, physical verification, parasitic extraction, and 3DHI modeling.
Help develop, deploy, and maintain TIE's ADK (Assembly Design Kits).
Maintain interoperability and compatibility of TIE s design kits with our partner PDK s, our internal PDK s & ADK s, and vendor EDA tool revisions.
Developing innovative physical design place & route methodology and flow solutions to meet current and future design challenges.
Help establish and validate physical design methodologies, flow automation and infrastructure for our internal 3D heterogenous micro-system modeling teams.
Automation of Test structure layouts to help drive next generation processing capabilities across a wide range of materials.
Support TIE's standard cell offerings and drive validation/simulation/emulation capability around those standard cells.
Facilitate and oversee project tapeouts.
Providing technical leadership, mentoring and customer support for our internal design and 3D modeling teams.
Required Qualifications
CAD/EDA Engineer I: Bachelor s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or closely related field.
CAD/EDA Engineer II: Bachelor s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or closely related field, Minimum of three years industry experience.
Senior CAD/EDA Engineer: Bachelor s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or closely related field, Minimum of ten years industry experience.
Experience in developing and customizing high performance semiconductor IC design, layout, & validation flows using industry-standard EDA tools ( Cadence, Synopsys, Ansys, Siemens )
Excellent UNIX and scripting programming skills (Perl, Python, TCL or similar languages).
Experience with software build automation and version control software.
Proficiency in both Linux and Windows environments.
Prior CAD support experience in semiconductor IC design, including oversight of product tapeouts.
Strong teamwork, collaboration, and communication abilities, with the ability to contribute to company-wide consensus on design flows, tools, and methodologies.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Relevant education and/or industry experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
Master s or advanced degree in semiconductor engineering fields such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant disciplines.
Previous experience in setting up and facilitating Design environments and maintaining design kit operability and coordination for cross functional design, modeling, and/or layout teams.
Previous experience integrating PDK and/or ADK's to enable 2.5D or 3D SoC's.
Experience evaluating EDA tool capabilities driving EDA vendors to make tool improvements or enable new functions to meet advanced or unique design requirements.
Experience in a startup or research and development (R&D) environment.
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