[Hiring] EDA / PDK Staff Engineer @SkyWater Technology Foundry, Inc.

Role Description

This is a full-time permanent position ideally based in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, though consideration will be given to remote location. The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) / PDK Staff Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams providing design enablement collateral for semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) technologies and broad design application support. The EDA engineer will be a significant technical contributor to a broad array of IC development projects, contributing to Process Design Kit (PDK) development and release.

• Design, documentation, characterization, and validation of Digital and AMS IC design PDKs for new process technologies and new technology options, across CMOS, Photonics, and Quantum technologies.
• Technical liaison activities between internal teams, design houses, vendors, and customers to ensure successful development, tape-out, and manufacture of customer designs.
• Technical support for customers using SkyWater PDKs and IP collateral.
• Management and support of 3rd party PDK and IP developers to ensure deliverables are complete and correct, enabling IC designers to effectively design into SkyWater technologies.
• Enhancement, testing, and support of existing PDKs, including planning, development, validation, release, and version management.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: BS (3-5 years exp.) or MS (2-3 years exp.) in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Prior experience in IC design and/or EDA development.
• Understanding and experience with digital IC design (architecture to RTL to GDSII) & IC fabrication (tape-out to post-silicon validation and testing).
• Intimate (hands-on) familiarity with the EDA Physical Design flow in multiple process nodes and technologies using industry-standard EDA tools and PDKs.
• Strong understanding of IP design and its requirements, both analog and digital.
• Significant experience with the use of Synopsys or Cadence Physical Implementation including workflow development. (Innovus, Fusion Compiler, etc...)

Requirements

• U.S. Person Required: This position requires compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All accepted applicants must be U.S. Persons. ITAR defines a U.S. Person as U.S. citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience with the use of Cadence, Mentor, and Synopsys analog design and layout tools including PDK development.
• Knowledge and experience with Linux systems and EDA tool installation and management.
• Familiarity with verification and extraction tools such as Calibre, xACT 3D, Quantus, StarRC or EM/IR tools like VoltusFI.
• Strong experience with scripting in Python, Tcl, Perl, etc.
• Strong customer service experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and opportunity to participate in incentive plans.
• Other employee financial benefits, including 401k match and life insurance.
• Comprehensive benefits package promoting a healthy life, including:
• Benefit eligibility from day one.
• Medical, dental, mental health benefits.
• Vision, legal planning.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• On-site fitness facility and self-serve market.