Senior Section Lead – Layout, CAD, Foundry Services

About the role

The Senior Section Lead – Layout, CAD, Foundry Services leads a team of highly skilled layout and CAD engineers, supporting Raytheon’s RFIC/MMIC designers and ensuring the production of compliant and verified layouts and photomasks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Foundry Layout/CAD team enabling MMIC/RFIC design by creating layouts (in Cadence’s Virtuoso Tool Suite) to the specifications of the engineering team.
• Enable an accurate and rapid design flow by maintaining and improving layout data management, data verification (e.g. DRC, LVS), and automation.
• Maintain highest standards for the preparation of the design’s layout data, building reticles, and handling of photomask procurement.
• Data Checks, Documentation, and Peer Reviewing; communicating efficiently with the design and production teams, as well as process development and modeling.
• Manage and develop the team, as well as support management at the department, directorate, and functional leadership levels.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelors Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Field
• A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience in semiconductor MMIC layout and CAD.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in using CAD software tools (Cadence suite)
• Experience with integrated circuit layout and physical verification
• Experience in the development and automation of layout tasks, systems, and associated software
• Familiarity with semiconductor processing and manufacturing concepts, e.g. technologies like GaAs, GaN, SOI
• Project scheduling and management experience
• Previous experience with a defense contractor and/or government agency.
• Current DoD Secret level security clearance

What We Offer

• Salary Range: $132,400 - $251,600
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Flexible Work Schedules, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Scholar Program, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Holidays
• Annual Short-Term and/or Long-Term Incentive Compensation Programs