Principal Cadence Layout Engineer

MACOM; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MACOM seeks an experienced layout engineer to collaborate with the design team on layout and verification of custom analog/mixed-signal IPs in our advanced semiconductor environment. You will lead full-custom IC layout, floor planning, and top-level integration, perform extraction, DRC/LVS/DFM checks, and coordinate with IP layout engineers to deliver robust, high-performance chips.

Strong communication with circuit designers and attention to parasitics, IR drop, and electromigration are

Qualifications

• High-speed analog/mixed-signal layout experience required.
• Strong understanding of parasitics, IR drop, and electromigration.
• Ability to floor plan and estimate area for IC blocks.
• Excellent communication with circuit designers and other layout engineers.
• Bachelor degree in Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Layout and verify custom analog/mixed-signal IPs with design team.
• Lead full-custom IC layout design and floor planning for blocks.
• Verify layout with extraction, DRC, LVS, and DFM checks.
• Plan layout schedule and coordinate with IP layout engineers.
• Collaborate on floor planning with designers for top-level integration.
• Review layout for power/ground routing, electromigration, and signal coupling.

Skills

High-speed layout design

Parasitics understanding

IR drop analysis

Floor planning

Team collaboration

Cadence scripting

CADENCE Virtuoso

CALIBRE DRC/LVS interpretation

Education

Bachelor degree in Engineering

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

CALIBRE

Job description

MACOM (NASDAQ: MTSI) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced semiconductor products across a diverse range of end markets, including Data Centers, Telecommunications, Industrial and Aerospace and Defense. We develop innovative, cutting-edge technologies and products across the spectrum of radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter wave, photonics and high-speed analog technologies. Our solutions support critical network infrastructure applications like artificial intelligence, high performance computing, satellite communications, radar, unmanned aerial vehicles, medical equipment, test and measurement and advanced wireless networks.

MACOM has more than 75 years of expertise in semiconductor process development, wafer fabrication, circuit design, advanced packaging, systems architecture and applications engineering. We are committed to our customers’ success. We partner with customers to help solve their most challenging problems by providing semiconductor solutions that are at the forefront of the highest power, highest frequency and/or highest data rates.

Leading technologies, innovative products and driven employees. Come be a part of MACOM and help advance the next generation of connectivity infrastructure!

Role Description

• In this role the layout engineer will closely work with the design team to layout and verify custom analog/mixed-signal IPs
• Lead full-custom IC layout design and verification, including chip floor planning, analog IP layout and chip level layout integration of various analog, mixed-signal and ASIC blocks
• Full verification of Block level and top-level layout including extraction, DRC, LVS, and DFM checking
• Layout schedule planning and working with other IP layout engineers to integrate various layout blocks
• Co-work with designers on block level and top-level floor planning
• Layout review for power/gnd routing, electro migration, signal path check, matching, and signal coupling

Qualifications

• High-speed layout design expertise with good understanding of parasitics
• Minimum 10 years of custom layout experience
• Knowledge of Cadence Virtuoso design flow
• High level proficiency in interpretation of CALIBRE DRC, ERC, LVS reports.
• Full understanding of IR drop, RC delay, Electromigration and chip finishing
• Ability to do floor planning and do area estimate
• Good communication with circuit designers and other layout engineers
• Familiarity with high-speed BiCMOS layout is a plus
• Scripting in Cadence is a plus
• At a minimum, Bachelor degree in Engineering