IC Layout Engineer

About the role

This role is part of the Jobright TNT - the private hiring network connecting top talent with top AI startups like Perplexity, Mercor, Cresta, Suno and 150 more. This is not a mass job posting. Only select, high-signal candidates are invited to Jobright TNT and recommended directly to hiring teams.

About the company

MediaTek is one of the world's leading fabless semiconductor companies, building industry-leading SoCs that power smartphones, smart devices, automotive, and the next generation of edge AI computing.

Why join us

• Generated over $19B in revenue in 2025, with flagship smartphone revenue growing over 40% YoY while powering 2B+ connected devices annually.
• Join one of MediaTek's fastest-growing engineering teams, expected to double as the company accelerates its AI computing strategy.
• Play a key role in MediaTek's transformation into an AI computing platform company, spanning flagship mobile, edge AI, AI PCs, automotive, and AI silicon.
• Solve some of the industry's toughest hardware-software co-design challenges for next-generation AI computing and flagship mobile platforms.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the design team to develop high-quality layouts for product, data-converters, power management circuitry, and various other IP.
• Perform layout in CMOS or FinFETs technologies for high-speed front ends, ADCs, DACs, PLLs and other mixed-signal IP.
• Design layout, verification, parasitic extraction, all using the Cadence design environment.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Virtuoso and Calibre tools.
• Familiar with validating LVS/DRC/ERC/ANT/ESD/LPE.
• Layout experience in high-speed circuits, hybrid circuits, Low-dropout regulator, Phase-locked loops and ESD basic knowledge, etc.
• Knowledge of N7/N5/N3 processes.

Pay

$150K/yr - $170K/yr

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