Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Engineer

About the role

The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide design enablement collateral for semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) technologies, as well as broad design application support. Key responsibilities include:

• Development, verification, and release of PDK and IP collateral using industry-standard EDA tools.
• Technical liaison activities with internal teams, design houses, customers, and foundries to ensure successful development, tape-out, and manufacture of customer ICs.
• Technical support for customers using SkyWater PDKs and IP collateral.
• Development and enhancement of LVS and PEX extraction decks and design flows.
• Creation of test cases for verification and validation of LVS and PEX flows.
• Enablement and improvement of front to back-end IC design flows and manufacturing through PDK development, analysis, validation, and release.
• Working closely with design, layout, and process engineers to understand and incorporate semiconductor technology requirements into circuit element models and PDKs.

Responsibilities

The EDA engineer will be a significant technical contributor to a broad array of IC development projects, focusing on Process Design Kit (PDK) development and release. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in physical verification, Calibre SVRF, LVS, and PEX as well as other semiconductor EDA tools and methodologies.

Requirements

• Education: BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience: 10 years of experience in PDK / EDA development and support.
• Skills: Strong understanding of IC technology stack, experience setting up, testing and supporting LVS and parasitic extraction tools, knowledge of IP design flow and its requirements, both analog and digital, fluency in written and spoken English, with excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills.
• U.S. Person Requirement: This position requires compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All accepted applicants must be U.S. Persons.

Qualifications

• Experience directly working with internal and external customers.
• Experience with 3D IC, interposers, more than Moore technologies.
• Knowledge and experience with other tools in the IC design flow, spice simulation.
• Familiarity with parasitic extraction tools such as Mentor Calibre xRC, Cadence Quantus, or Synopsys StarRC.
• Experience in IP project and/or library management.
• Familiarity with Tcl and other scripting languages.
• Proficiency in use of Cadence, Synopsys, or Mentor Graphics EDA software and scripting tasks within.
• Proficiency in Linux environment including scripting (Python, etc).
• Proficient with MS Office and Unix/Linux platforms.

Benefits

Competitive salary range: $136,960 - $205,440. SkyWater offers an exciting environment where the brightest semiconductor minds come together to achieve exceptional results. We offer competitive salary and an opportunity to participate in incentive plans as well as other employee financial benefits including 401k match, life insurance, and opportunities to purchase SkyWater stock at a discounted rate. Additionally, SkyWater offers a comprehensive benefits package which promotes a healthy life. This includes benefit eligibility day one, medical, dental, mental health benefits, vision, legal planning, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid holidays, an on-site fitness facility, and an on-site self-serve market. SkyWater complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause an undue hardship.