Prinicipal Customer Engagement Engineer - PDK
Core
Develop and maintain PDKs (Process Design Kits) for semiconductor foundries, ensuring design rule compliance and simulation accuracy for IC design flows.
Role type
Senior IC design engineer (PDK development)
Builds
Process Design Kits (PDKs) for semiconductor foundries
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / IC design
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Analog circuit design, layout design, physical verification (DRC/LVS/Dummy Fill), post-layout RC extraction, Spice model simulation, semiconductor manufacturing processes (CMOS, PDK concepts), scripting (Perl/TCL/SKILL)
Preferred skills
Foundry support experience, Cadence PAS/Pcell Designer tool usage, MS degree, prior IC design house experience
Technologies
Cadence PAS, Pcell Designer, DRC, LVS, RC extraction tools
Responsibilities
Design and validate analog circuits and layouts, perform physical verification and RC extraction, support foundry processes, develop and maintain PDK libraries
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC engineer