Back-End (EDA) IC Engineer

WATT AI PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI R&D company in Singapore seeks an experienced engineer to enhance tools for timing analysis and develop frameworks for cutting-edge transistor-level circuit analysis. Candidates should hold a Master’s or PhD in Engineering or a related field and possess experience with EDA tools and circuit simulation. Join a team that leverages machine learning technology to drive significant improvements in analysis capabilities for advanced custom circuits.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Engineering or related field.
• Experience with EDA tools for transistor-level analysis.
• Familiarity with circuit simulation or library characterization.

Responsibilities

• Enhance tools' architecture for timing analysis.
• Develop frameworks for 5nm analysis.
• Use machine learning for performance improvements.
• Characterize standard cell library for custom PVT.

Skills

EDA tools

Transistor-level analysis

Circuit simulation

SPICE simulation models

Scripting languages

Education

Master’s Degree in EE, CS, Math, Physics or related subjects

PhD preferred

Job description

You will be joining in a member of an expert R&D team that enable static and dynamic transistor-level analysis of the most advanced custom digital and mixed-signal circuits built for AI markets.

Responsibilities

1. Enhancing and expanding the existing tools' architecture to cover timing analysis.
2. Creating new frameworks for analysis of effects dominant at 5nm and below.
3. Using machine learning technology to bring order of magnitude speed / capacity / usability improvements over existing solutions.
4. Characterize the standard cell library for custom PVT base on foundry kit at 5nm and below.

Key Qualifications

1. A Master’s Degree in EE, CS, Math, Physics or related subjects, PhD preferred.
2. Experience in EDA tools and one or more of transistor-level timing, power, noise, aging, reliability, and EMIR analysis.
3. Experience in development of circuit simulation or library characterization programs.
4. High-level understanding of SPICE simulation transistor models and gate-level schematics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Tcl, Perl)