Senior Memory Circuit Design Engineer

Broadcom Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Broadcom Inc. in Bengaluru is seeking memory design engineers to analyze architectures, design memory blocks, and perform transistor-level simulations. You will extract layouts, verify post-layout results, and floorplan physical implementations for memory macros.

Role emphasizes automating characterization flows, developing scripts, and validating memory models, with a focus on memory compilers, SRAMs, and multi-port memories. Strong collaboration and debugging skills are valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in memory compiler development or custom digital circuits such as SRAMs, registers, ROMs.
• Solid understanding of transistor-level circuit behavior and device physics.
• Knowledge of memory behavioral and physical models.
• Familiarity with test setups, silicon testing and debugging is a plus.
• Ability to write automation scripts and work with simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze different memory architectures and highlight tradeoffs.
• Design and build memory or circuit blocks at gate or transistor level.
• Simulate and analyze circuit designs using transistor-level simulators.
• Extract layouts and perform post-layout simulations and verification.
• Floorplan physical implementation and leafcell layout integration.
• Integrate characterization flow to extract timing and power information.
• Develop scripts to automate characterization flows, simulations, and verification.
• Specify and verify memory models (behavioral and physical).
• Document design specs, timing diagrams, and behavior.
• Specify silicon test plans and correlate silicon to simulation data.

Skills

Memory architecture

Memory compilers

Transistor-level behavior

Signal integrity/EM/IR

Memory models

DFT and chip integration

Test setups & debugging

Automation scripting

Communication & leadership

Multi-tasking

Tools

SPICE simulators

EDA tools

Memory design toolchain

Job description

Job Description

• Analyze different memory architectures and highlight the tradeoffs


• Design and build memory or circuit blocks at the gate or transistor level


• Simulate and analyze the circuit design using transistor level simulators


• Extract the layout and perform post-layout simulations and verification


• Floorplan physical implementation and leafcell layout integration to build the physical macro


• Integrate characterization flow to extract timing and power information


• Develop scripts to automate characterization flow, simulations, and verification


• Specify and verify various behavioral and physical memory models


• Document the design specifications, behavioral description, and timing diagrams


• Specify silicon test plan and correlate silicon to simulation data
  
• Help debug silicon issues

Skillset Required

• Knowledge in development of memory compilers or custom digital circuits of all types; SRAMs, Register-files, Multi-ports, ROM, etc…


• Good understanding of transistor level circuit behavior and device physics


• Good understanding of signal integrity, EM/IR, and reliability analysis


• Understanding of memory behavioral and physical models


• Understanding of DFT schemes and chip level integration


• Familiarity with test setups, silicon testing and debug is a plus


• Proficient in running simulators, writing automation scripts, and are tools savvy


• Good communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills


• Motivated, self-driven and good at multi-tasking

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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