Senior PDK Development Engineer – Automation & Enablement

ams OSRAM; Premstätten; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Job summary

ams OSRAM is seeking a senior engineer to develop, qualify, release and maintain PDKs for Cadence and Synopsys in analog and mixed-signal technologies. You will advance PDK methodologies and collaborate with foundry and EDA teams to enable new processes and tool flows.

You will drive automation using Python, Tcl and Linux, define release strategies, and mentor global teams while contributing to long-term design enablement methodologies.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Physics or related discipline.
• Extensive experience (>6 years) in PDK development, CAD engineering or design enablement.
• Deep understanding of semiconductor processes, device behavior and custom IC design flows.
• Experience with foundries, technology development teams and EDA vendors.
• Strong programming and automation skills in Python, Tcl and Linux/Unix environments.
• Experience applying AI/ML/LLM to engineering automation is an advantage.
• Fluent English communication; German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop, qualify, release and maintain PDKs for Cadence and Synopsys for analog and mixed-signal tech.
• Advance PDK development methodologies, qualification strategies and design enablement.
• Collaborate with foundry, EDA vendors and technology teams to enable new processes and tool flows.
• Drive automation, validation and regression frameworks using Python, Tcl and Linux environments.
• Define qualification and release strategies across schematic, simulation, verification and extraction.
• Create technical documentation, conduct training and support critical projects and migrations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship for global engineering teams.

Skills

PDK development

CAD engineering

Design enablement

Technical leadership

English fluency

Education

Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Physics or related discipline

Tools

Python

Tcl

Linux

Job description

ams OSRAM is seeking a senior engineer to develop, qualify, release and maintain PDKs for Cadence and Synopsys in analog and mixed-signal technologies. You will advance PDK methodologies and collaborate with foundry and EDA teams to enable new processes and tool flows.

You will drive automation using Python, Tcl and Linux, define release strategies, and mentor global teams while contributing to long-term design enablement methodologies.