Senior Staff/Principal CAD Engineer (P&R)
Marvell
About Marvell
Marvell’s semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, and carrier architectures, our innovative technology is enabling new possibilities.
At Marvell, you can affect the arc of individual lives, lift the trajectory of entire industries, and fuel the transformative potential of tomorrow. For those looking to make their mark on purposeful and enduring innovation, above and beyond fleeting trends, Marvell is a place to thrive, learn, and lead.
Your Team, Your Impact
**What You Can Expect
As a key CAD member of Marvell Central Engineering, you will play a leading role on developing next-generation automated design flow and add-on tools. You will have the opportunity to use your extensive design and CAD knowledge to define the whole organization's design methodology and work flow.
Develop and maintain leading-edge P&R flows addressing the needs of Marvell’s various Business Units
Contribute to the deployment and support of these flows
Work in collaboration with the rest of the team to ensure optimal integration inside the overall CAD platform
Come-up with innovative solutions to ever-increasing design challenges
Keep up with process and tool evolutions
Interface with EDA vendors for optimal tool usage.
What We're Looking For
B.Tech/M.Tech in EE/CS with 8 to 15 years of hands-on experience in physical design and flow development.
Proven experience with 7nm or below tape out. Familiar with Finfet, Dual Patterning and ULV challenges.
Expert user of Cadence Innovus tool
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Solid understanding, at least at block level but preferably at SoC level of:
Timing closure issues and ways to debug and fix them.
Floorplanning and routability issues and ways to fix them
Power Grid design and validation.
Various Clock synthesis schemes.
SI, EM/IR, complex DRC rules
Power intent and Multiple power domains implementation.
High speed and low power implementation techniques/trade-offs.
Upstream/Downstream flow correlation.
Good level of proficiency in Tcl scripting in the context of flow development.
Demonstrate good analysis and problem-solving skills. Out-of-the-box thinking
Team player with good verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Ability to run the following tasks is a plus:
Gate-to-Gate equivalence checking
Parasitic Extraction
STA
Physical Verification (at least DRC)
IR/EM Analysis
Experience with implementation exploration methodology
Experience with EDA tool benchmarks
Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements
With competitive compensation and great benefits, you will enjoy our workstyle within an environment of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. We’re dedicated to giving our people the tools and resources they need to succeed in doing work that matters, and to grow and develop with us. For additional information on what it’s like to work at Marvell, visit our Careers page.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
Interview Integrity
To support fair and authentic hiring practices, candidates are not permitted to use AI tools (such as transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT or Copilot, or automated note-taking bots) during interviews.
These tools must not be used to record, assist with, or enhance responses in any way. Our interviews are designed to evaluate your individual experience, thought process, and communication skills in real time. Use of AI tools without prior instruction from the interviewer will result in disqualification from the hiring process.
This position may require access to technology and/or software subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled information as defined under applicable law. Marvell may be required to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce and/or the U.S. Department of State. Except for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), all applicants may be subject to an export license review process prior to employment.
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