PDK Engineer

PDK_Physical_Verification engineer

Job Purpose : Integrate , enhance , maintain and deploy foundry Physical Verification decks (DRC / LVS / Extraction) for internal Analog and Digital design teams and provide support for the same.

Develop, deploy, maintain and support new physical verification flows across mature and advanced technology nodes

Principal Accountabilities : Adapt, update, enhance, QA and release foundry DRC / LVS / Parasitic Extraction / PERC rundecks

Develop and run QA Test cases for DRC / LVS and other PV flows.

Provide support to internal customers (Analog Design teams & Digital P&R design teams) on DRC / LVS and Parasitic extraction

Knowledge, Skills and Experience :

6+ years of DRC / LVS development and support experience required. Exceptions made for the right candidates.

Good knowledge of CMOS fundamentals with background in electrical engineering or semiconductor physics

Good basic understanding of DRC, LVS and Parasitic Extraction ,

Knowledge of Calibre SVRF required. PVS / Pegasus experience is a plus

Knowledge of Tcl required. Perl, Python experience desired.

Strong debugging capability, not limited only by Physical verification flows.

Knowledge / Understanding FILL methodology

Knowledge / Understanding Parasitic effects in ICs (Integrated Circuits)

Experience in Calibre PERC applications, e.g., P2P / CD is a plus

Experience in any commercial flow for RDSON, EMIR is beneficial

Familiarity on Cadence custom IC Virtuoso platform, Virtuoso-L and Virtuoso-XL, schematic capture, and layout concepts.

Willingness to gain knowledge and familiarity with several CAD tools

Comfortable, confident working in a fast-paced environment.

Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines

Good interpersonal and communication skills