Sr. Design Engineer

As a standard cell engineer in the Physical Design Group, you will develop your skills working on some of the most sophisticated process nodes targeting the largest foundries. You will contribute to designing our physical IP standard cell offerings for our internal and external customers at leading edge nodes including 3nm and beyond. Work with partners inside the company, as well as our partners in the EDA and foundry space.

Daily you will collaborate with our team of expert standard cell engineers and layout designers. Additionally, this position enables you to interact with engineers in other teams such as place and route designers, and CAD engineers. Apply today and get ready to improve your standard cell skills, meet a diverse group of people, and solve interesting problems!

Responsibilities:

• Design standard cell circuits and verify them for functionality, performance, and power
• Generate and validate EDA model views of standard cells

Required Skills and Experience :

• 6+ years of relevant circuit design experience (for BSEE)
• 4+ years of relevant circuit design experience (for MSEE)
• Experience with transistor level circuit design and circuit simulators
• An understanding of transistor level device physics and standard cell layout
• Knowledge of power, performance, and area tradeoffs
• An ability to learn a wide variety of industry standard modeling formats
• Programming/Scripting skills
• Dedication to quality, collaboration, curiosity and continual improvement

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

• Awareness of extraction methodologies and limitations
• Diagnostic skills for tools and resultant reports
• Experience with Synthesis, Place, and Route flows