Design Automation Engineer: PDK/EDA & TapeOut Support (Hybrid)

Intel; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health and retirement benefits

Job summary

Intel Foundry Automation - Government Programs seeks a seasoned Silicon Design Automation Engineer with proficiency in Design TFM and EDA tools support for Intel's PDK for external Foundry customers. The role covers installation, maintenance and technical support of design environments and compute infrastructure.

You will collaborate with PDK/library and flow development teams, provide training and documentation, and create automation to streamline design processes.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain a US Government Security Clearance TS/SCI.
• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 1+ years' experience or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 2+ years' experience in front-end and back-end design tools and flows.
• Experience in EDA tools and methodologies, including debugging and problem-solving.
• Experience in physical design, optimization, and tools flows and methodology (TFM).
• Experience with Verilog/ VHDL - Tcl, Perl, Python scripting.
• Linux Experience: bash, tcsh.

Responsibilities

• Resolve designer's tool / methodology issues on the path to TapeOut.
• Provide support for design ramp up through training / documentation.
• Interact with EDA providers and ensure required tools features are available for the projects with high quality.
• Closely partner with PDK/library experts, flow development teams, as well as with product design teams.
• Collaborate with EC to provision adequate compute capacity and help debug any associated issues.
• Create automation (scripts, checkers, etc.) for installation of design environment (PDKs, EDA tools, licenses, etc.) to simplify and accelerate design processes.
• Support the integration of new tools and methods into existing design workflows, ensuring seamless adoption and scalability.

Skills

Citizenship: US

Security clearance TS/SCI

Scripting: Tcl/Python/Perl

Linux Bash

Education

BS Electrical/Computer Eng

MS Electrical/Computer Eng

Tools

EDA tools

Front-/Back-end design flows

Verilog/VHDL

Job description

Intel Foundry Automation - Government Programs seeks a seasoned Silicon Design Automation Engineer with proficiency in Design TFM and EDA tools support for Intel's PDK for external Foundry customers. The role covers installation, maintenance and technical support of design environments and compute infrastructure.

You will collaborate with PDK/library and flow development teams, provide training and documentation, and create automation to streamline design processes.