ICV CAD Engineer - Flow Automation & Foundry Techfiles

Segment (Twilio); Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 264,500; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a motivated CAD Engineer for the Advanced Technology Group. The candidate will install and support foundry techfiles, debug design errors, and develop flows to improve productivity of designers worldwide.

Strong ICV, Perl, and CS/EE background with knowledge of VLSI design are required. Responsibilities include maintaining CAD tools (Virtuoso, IC-Manage, DRC/LVS), scripting in Perl and Cadence SKILL, and collaborating with tool vendors to improve usability and enable

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science; MS preferred.
• 5+ years of work experience.
• Basic understanding of MOSFET device behavior, CMOS layout, and VLSI design.
• Excellent programming skills; experience with Perl and Cadence SKILL.
• Expertise in ICV to support, enhance, and debug foundry DRC and LVS techfiles.
• Ability to implement NVIDIA-specific DFM and DRC rules using ICV.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and support foundry techfiles.
• Perform expert debugging of design errors to direct expeditious resolution, including explaining user errors to designers, techfile errors to the foundry support team, and tool errors to EDA partners.
• Custom-edit foundry techfiles to define and implement NVIDIA design methodologies.
• Support and maintain CAD tools used by IC designers, including Virtuoso, IC-Manage, DRC/LVS verification tools, extraction, and spice simulation tools.
• Work with CAD tool vendors to identify and resolve bugs, improve tool usability, and evaluate new tools and features.
• Develop infrastructure to support design work in new process technologies.
• Write scripts using Perl and Cadence SKILL.

Skills

Perl scripting

Cadence SKILL

ICV debugging

VLSI design concepts

CMOS layout understanding

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

MS preferred

Tools

Virtuoso

IC-Manage

DRC/LVS tools

Extraction tools

SPICE simulation tools

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a motivated CAD Engineer for the Advanced Technology Group. The candidate will install and support foundry techfiles, debug design errors, and develop flows to improve productivity of designers worldwide.

Strong ICV, Perl, and CS/EE background with knowledge of VLSI design are required. Responsibilities include maintaining CAD tools (Virtuoso, IC-Manage, DRC/LVS), scripting in Perl and Cadence SKILL, and collaborating with tool vendors to improve usability and enable