Staff Layout Designer

Description:

As Staff Layout Designer, you will work as part of a cross-functional, global team delivering System-on-Chip (SoC) products from concept to high volume production for the consumer, industrial, and automotive industries.

Responsibilities
 

• Work with analog/RF/mixed-signal design engineers and digital engineers to create/optimize layouts of complex blocks and chip-level SoC macros
• Work on continuous-improvement projects to automate/customize layout work flows through scripting and batch-mode operations
• Produce high quality analog/RF/mixed-signal macros using industry best practices for layout and physical verification
• Own block-level layout designs and top-level floor planning including full hierarchical verification/debug
• Lead, document, and communicate layout design flows and reviews efficiently including the tape-out process and project database management/archive
• Help manage/support layout contractors and mentor junior layout designers
• Collaborate with global team engineers/designers to ensure designs are specification compliant and on time
• Work independently on complex tasks while staying in sync with team activities/plan
   

Qualifications
 

• Minimum of Associate’s degree in Electronic Engineering or related field (Bachelor's degree preferred)
• 5+ years relevant industry work experience required
• Strong working skills with Cadence Virtuoso and PDK layout design tools (OA, CDL, GDS).
• Strong working skills with physical verification tools (Pegasus/Calibre) and flows (DRC, LVS, ERC, PERC, LVL)
• Detailed experience with analog/RF/mixed-signal layout in deep sub-micron, CMOS nodes (40nm and lower)
• Understanding of LDE, ANT, ESD/LUP, NTN/TW/SOI isolation, matching, PnR parasitics, and EMIR concepts
• Knowledge of digital physical design flows and techniques (VHDL, Verilog, LEF, DEF)
• Knowledge of scripting with Linux shell, Makefile, Modules, SKILL, TCL, Python and/or AI-LLM clients