EDA Expert - Microelectronics Design Center Staff

JR Italy; Milano; In loco; EUR 40.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

An innovative nonprofit organization is seeking a skilled engineer to support semiconductor design through effective management of EDA tools and PDKs. This role is vital for maintaining critical lab infrastructure and optimizing design flows, ensuring seamless integration from concept to production. With a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, the position offers a dynamic environment where your expertise will directly contribute to cutting-edge research in microelectronics. Join a team that values professional growth and provides networking opportunities with industry leaders in an international setting.

Servizi

Lunch Tickets

Private Health Care Coverage

Structured Growth Path

Networking Opportunities

Tax Deductions for Foreign Candidates

Competenze

• Experience in maintaining EDA tools and managing PDKs.
• Hands-on experience with IC testers for pre-silicon verification.

Mansioni

• Maintain and optimize EDA toolchains for digital design.
• Manage PDK installations and liaise with foundries.

Conoscenze

EDA Tools Management

Process Design Kits (PDKs)

IC Testers and Emulators

Hardware Description Languages (Verilog, VHDL)

Semiconductor Fabrication Processes

Formazione

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's in Computer Engineering

Strumenti

Cadence

Synopsys

Mentor Graphics

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26.04.2025

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Role

The Chips-IT Foundation is seeking an experienced member of the Microelectronics Design Center technical staff responsible for the maintenance of EDA Flows, PDKs, and Electronics Equipment. The role focuses on overseeing critical design tools, managing Process Design Kits (PDKs), and maintaining key lab infrastructure such as IC testers and emulators. Additionally, the position involves optimizing Electronic Design Automation (EDA) flows, managing communication with foundries and packaging houses, and ensuring an efficient R&D environment for SoC design.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and optimize EDA toolchains for digital design, including simulation, synthesis, verification, and layout.
• Manage PDK installations, acting as the liaison with foundries for issue resolution and updates.
• Maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot IC testers and emulators to ensure continuous research support.
• Facilitate the integration of PDKs into EDA workflows, ensuring seamless SoC design from concept to tape-out and testing.
• Coordinate with vendors for tool procurement, licensing, maintenance contracts, and upgrades.
• Manage interactions with packaging houses for post-fabrication processes, ensuring proper handling and assembly of SoCs.
• Ensure accurate documentation of tool installations, maintenance schedules, and best practices for EDA flows and equipment.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field focused on EDA tools, PDKs, or semiconductor processes.
• Proven experience in maintaining EDA tools and managing PDKs (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics).
• Hands-on experience with IC testers and emulators for pre-silicon verification.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor fabrication processes, including interactions with foundries and packaging houses.
• Familiarity with hardware description languages (Verilog, VHDL) and digital design workflows.
• Experience with advanced process nodes (e.g., 28nm, 16nm) and supporting tape-outs, packaging and testing.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and contract type, to be negotiated based on qualifications and experience
• Lunch tickets
• Private health care coverage depending on your role and contract
• Structured growth path, with ongoing access to training and updates
• Networking opportunities with industry-leading professionals
• International environment
• Tax deductions: Candidates from abroad, comprising Italian citizens, who have carried scientific research activity abroad and meet specific requirements, may be entitled to a taxable income deduction up to 90% for a period of 6 to 13 years

The Foundation “Italian Center for the Design of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits,” also known as the Chips-IT Foundation, is a nonprofit research and technology organization under the supervision of the Ministries of Industry.

The Foundation is Italy's first RTO (Research and Technology Organization) vertically focused on semiconductor research and stands as a center of excellence in frontier research on semiconductor design, as well as a pivotal center of the Italian semiconductor ecosystem and expertise.

Missions of the Foundation:

• promote the design and development of integrated circuits
• strengthen the system of professional training in the field of microelectronics
• ensure the establishment of a network of universities, research centers and enterprises that fosters innovation and technology transfer in the field

Disclaimer

No ranking list or list of suitable candidates will be prepared and published.

The Foundation reserves the right to:

a. extend or reopen the deadline of this notice;

b. revoke this notice;

c. not make any selection from among the applications submitted if they are deemed not to meet the functions set forth in the notice;

without any claims or rights being asserted by the interested parties.