Custom CAD Back End - Full Time

2 Days ago • 8 Years +

About the job

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Join a cutting-edge and well-funded hardware startup in Silicon Valley as a CAD Engineer. Our mission is to reimagine silicon and create computing platforms that will transform the industry with the most advanced technologies. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented and passionate engineers in the world to create designs that push the envelope on performance, energy efficiency and scalability. We offer a fun, creative and flexible work environment, with a shared vision to build products to change the world. As a custom CAD engineer you will be responsible for building and automating the methodologies from design, layout, functional and physical verification, timing characterization all the way to tapeout.

In this role you will be responsible for developing and supporting CAD flows for custom design, tool installation and maintenance of the tools, PDK installation, and QA. You will be working with the design team on a daily basis to develop CAD flows and CAD scripts.

Qualifications

Deep understanding and interest in transistor-level circuits and layout
Detailed experience on custom verification methodologies including spice, analog digital co-sim, physical design verification
Experience with developing CAD flows and automation
Familiar with EDA tools including Virtuoso, Custom Compiler, Voltus-fi, Totem, Spectre, Spice, VCS, Calibre
Experience in PDK installation and QA is a plus
Proficient in programming languages, TCL, Python, Perl, SKILL, SVRF
Strong interpersonal and communication skills between cross-functional teams