Staff Engineer-Analog Custom Layout

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities:

- Work close with circuit designers to optimize the floor plan;

- Perform daily layout editing, DRC/LVS tasks to ensure the quality of the layout;

- Create a solid power grid for better power integrity;

- Work with the circuit designers to optimize the quality of the layout, including but not limited to matching and signal integrity;

- Employ efficient design methodologies to reduce the number of iterations and to deliver the product promptly.

Mandatory Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

- Extremely familiar with layout editing tools, such as Virtuoso;

- Highly proficient with DRC/LVS/ERC related tools and flows, such as Calibre, PVS (or IC Validator);

- Have extensive experience designing layout in deep sub-micron CMOS technologies, especially FinFET technologies (7nm and 5nm);

- Decent understanding in the issues of electro-migration and IR drop, RC delay, self-heating, capacitive cross-talk, etc.;

- Decent understanding in analog layout requirements, such as matching and shielding;

- Knowledge in automatic P&R or chip-level floor planning and chip-level layout integration.

Preferred Knowledge/Skill/Abilities:

- Decent Understanding in analog design methodologies, including the use of layout constraints;

- Knowledge in performing RC extraction and EM/IR analysis;

- Knowledge in CAD tool setup and maintenance;

- Ability to generate pCell and pyCell to facilitate layout design;

- Excellent communication skills and team spirit to work with members across multiple sites and functionalities;

- Experience in designing layout for high-speed, high-performance analog, and mixed-signal circuits.

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