Senior Standard Cell Library Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-04
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineer, Test Engineer
Python Bash
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Job Description:
About the Organization••••• 's Foundry Standard Cell team is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Design Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will design leading edge experiments to develop, characterize, and test standard cells. You will play a critical role in enabling customers by listening to their needs and building the solutions.
Key Responsibilities- Defines, implements, characterizes, and validates design solutions to meet design requirements for power, performance, area (PPA), manufacturability, and cost.
- Capable of implementing all aspects of the physical design flow, including standard cell circuit, layout, extraction, characterization, and optimization of timing, congestion, power, signal integrity, and reliability to achieve goals.
- Collaborates closely with all standard cell collateral to understand design requirements and develop robust implementation and validation strategies.
- Reviews and validates work to ensure compliance with design, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
- Fast turn‑around experiments - devising experiments, running them end to end, and guiding data driven decisions across multiple audiences (peer working groups, management, and technical leaders).
- Run end-to-end flows to generate, validate, and release custom standard cell collateral per on demand requests.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required with the ability to tailor the communication based on the audience.
The Minimum qualifications listed below are required to be initially considered for this position. Minimum qualifications listed below would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experience and / or schoolwork/classes/research. The preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in:
Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Nanoscience, Microelectronics, Computer Engineering, or a STEM related field. - 2+ years' experience in one or more of the following:
- Standard cell layout
- Standard cell abstract modeling
- Standard cell characterization
- ASIC design and verification
- Experience using one or more of the following tools:
Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys Custom Compiler, Cadence Abstract Generator, Synopsys Prime Lib, Cadence Liberate, Synopsys Fusion Compiler, Cadence Innovus, Cadence Tempus, Synopsys Prime Time, Synopsys HSpice, Synopsys StarRC, Synopsys ICV, Cadence Pegasus, Siemens Calibre.
- Post Graduate Degree in:
Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Nanoscience, Microelectronics, Computer Engineering, or a STEM related field. - Unix proficiency and basic software skills using command line languages (csh, bash, perl, python) are highly valued.
Experienced Hire
ShiftShift 1 (United States of America)
Primary LocationUS, California, Santa Clara
Additional LocationsUS, California, Folsom
Posting StatementAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
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BenefitsWe offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at •••••.
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