Principal Engineer - CAD (Physical Verification)

Job Description

The CAD group at Microchip offers global support for multiple technology nodes and tools used in product development providing innovative solutions for the design community. The candidate will focus on flow development and support for back end physical verification. If you have a solid software background and are interested in supporting semiconductor chip design, this may be the job for you.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or related field with 10 years of experience developing and supporting physical verification activities
• In depth knowledge of Calibre DesignRev scripting
• Fluent with SVRF and TVF
• Accomplished at debugging PV issues with RVE, Vue or other EDA visualizer
• Familiar with customizing Calibre Interactive Skins
• Skilled with Tcl/Tk, Perl, Python, and other programming languages, inside and outside of EDA tools
• Solid knowledge of layout rules and concepts, device identification concepts, and foundry rules
• Strong knowledge of Design for Manufacturing solutions affecting quality, reliability, and yield of designs
• Prefers extensive knowledge of Calibre/Pegasus/Hercules syntax and semantics, or similar layout verification tool
• Strong knowledge of Cadence Virtuoso and/or CalibreDRV
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred

• Masters in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Preferred Extraction, Reliability and Dynamic Noise related knowledge

Tasks

This Candidate Will Be Assigned Depending On Their Experience. There Are Several Areas In Which We Are Shorthanded. Potential Task Assignments Would Include:

• Building of regression test cases for several PDKs of various process technologies
• Supporting 4nm to 600nm PDKs from TSMC, Global Foundries, Vanguard, Dongbu, Magnachip, etc.
• Calibre/Pegasus PERC – several PDKs still require PERC setup

Physical Attributes

• Feeling, Handling, Hearing, Seeing
• Works Alone, Works Around Others
• Physical Requirements: 80% sitting, 10% standing, 10% walking, 100% inside