Foundry Virtuoso Engineer

Cadence; Shanghai (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence is hiring engineers who want to make an impact in the world of technology. We provide technical support for Virtuoso-based analog backend flows and collaborate with foundries to ensure correct adoption of rules and flows.

Join our team to work with product and R&D teams, engage with customers, and help maintain techfiles and PCells while growing your skills in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in EE/CS with 3+ years in IC design or foundry.
• MS degree is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for Virtuoso-based analog backend flows (schematic, layout, design environments).
• Assist in PDK usage and enablement from a foundry perspective with process rules and recommended flows.
• Support development and QA of Virtuoso techfiles, PCells, and related QA flow.
• Communicate customer issues to product/R&D and help track resolutions under guidance from senior engineers.
• Participate in foundry-related customer engagements focusing on tool usage, flow clarification, and issue reproduction.

Skills

Virtuoso usage

Analog backend flows

Schematic usage

Layout usage

PDK usage

PCells

QA flow

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CS

MS degree desirable

Tools

Virtuoso

PDK tooling

Techfiles

PCells

Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

• Provide technical support for Virtuoso‑based analog backend flows, including schematic, layout, and design environment usage.
• Assist in PDK usage and enablement from a foundry perspective, ensuring correct adoption of process rules and recommended flows in Virtuoso.
• Assist foundry teams in the development and maintenance of Virtuoso technology files (techfiles), PCells, and related QA flow.
• Work with product engineers and R&D teams to communicate customer issues and feedback, and help track resolution under guidance from senior engineers.
• Participate in foundry‑related customer engagements as needed, focusing on tool usage, flow clarification, and issue reproduction.
• Bachelor’s degree(EE/CS) with 3+ years of work experience in IC design house or foundry. MS degree is desired

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