CAD Engineer PDK

Bold Thinking. World Changing.

At Sky Water, our ingenuity helps improve lives around the world by manufacturing U.S. made semiconductors that are essential ingredients of modern life. Automotive safety enhancements, life-saving medical devices, consumer electronics and American security require semiconductors. Working in our Minnesota headquarters, Florida, or Texas location — employees join together to improve the world. Explore what's possible. Joining our U.S.

- based team means contributing to and learning about the commercialization of some of the most exciting technologies the world has ever seen. We are turning "science fiction" into everyday reality through technologies such as superconducting, 3D integrated circuits or computer chips, carbon nanotubes, photonic logic devices, micro electro-mechanical systems and other emerging device topologies. We manufacture products for aerospace and defense, medical, automotive, consumer and industrial markets, to name a few.

Our customers include emerging leaders who rely on our intellectual property security and quality manufacturing services. Step into the future. Sky Water's values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration, Empowerment and Growth Mindset guide us to cultivate an empowered, learning environment. We also invest in developing highly skilled, dedicated employees — and employees who are entering the workforce for the first time, from the military, and a variety of educational backgrounds.

Are you bold thinking? Find your place on our team and help us change the world!

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) engineer will collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams providing design enablement collateral for semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) technologies. The EDA engineer will be a significant technical contributor to a broad array of IC development projects, including IP development and integration, and Process Design Kit (PDK) development and release.

The ideal candidate will have strong skills in DRC coding, Calibre SVRF, or similar EDA tools and methodologies.

• Development and release of PDK Design Rule checks using industry-standard EDA tools.
• Technical liaison activities between internal teams, design houses, customers, and foundries to ensure successful development, tape-out, and manufacture of customer ICs.
• Technical support for customers using Sky Water PDKs and IP collateral.
• Management of 3rd party PDK and IP developers to ensure correct collateral and accuracy necessary for IC development partners to effectively design into Sky Water technologies.
• Enablement and improvement of front to back-end IC design flows and manufacturing through DRC development, analysis, validation, and release.
• Working closely with design, layout, and process engineers to understand and incorporate semiconductor technology requirements into PDKs.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Education:

BS or MS (preferred) in Electrical Engineering. Experience and/or Training: 3-5 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. 3-5 years of experience in PDK and/or EDA development, working in or with semiconductor foundry companies. Solid understanding of IC design (architecture to RTL to GDSII) & IC fabrication (tape-out to post-silicon validation and testing). Familiarity with the EDA design flow in multiple process nodes and technologies using industry-standard EDA tools and foundry PDKs.

Strong scripting skills:
Python, Linux shell, etc. Fluent in written and spoken English, with excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills.

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.

Experience and/or Training:
Significant experience with the use of or enablement of Cadence, Mentor, and Synopsys semiconductor EDA tools. Knowledge and experience in developing and/or using physical verification tools (DRC, ERC, LVS/PEX) and DFM tooling. Experience in IC layout in Virtuoso or Allegro package design Experience with chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) shape density filling techniques. Experience with data preparation and/or OPC methodologies. Customer facing experience.

The annual salary range for this role is $95,200 - $142,800. Pay offered is based on many factors including, but not limited to, the job-related experience, skills, education, and credentials of each candidate. Sky Water offers an exciting environment where the brightest semiconductor minds come together to achieve exceptional results. We offer competitive salary and an opportunity to participate in incentive plans as well other employee financial benefits…