Principal CAD Engineer – EDA & Tapeout Expert

SiTime Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

SiTime Corporation in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Principal CAD Engineer to provide CAD software support for Digital, Analog and Mixed-Signal designs using Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens and Keysight tools.

Responsibilities include user support for Behavioral, RTL and Analog Designs, Schematics, Analog Mixed-Signal Simulations, IC Physical Design layout, CAD tool customizations, Linux Support, implementation and testing of new software tools and deploy new CAD Tool flows.

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of analog and digital CMOS CAD support using EDA tools.
• Experience with Cadence, Siemens, Synopsys and Keysight tool suites.

Responsibilities

• Provide full lifecycle support for custom CAD flows across Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens and Keysight platforms.
• Own PDK installation, validation and release management with foundry alignment.
• Support tapeout flows and coordinate submissions to foundries.
• Support Schematic Capture, Analog/Mixed-signal Simulation, Layout and verification workflows.
• Develop CAD utilities and regression flows to improve design efficiency.
• Interface with EDA vendors to resolve issues and influence product improvements.

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre

Spectre-RF

Multi-Mode Simulator

Physical Layout Tools

Assura

PVS

Pegasus

Innovus

Tempus

Siemens Analog Fast-Spice

Questa

Parasitic CALIBRE PVS

XRC

Design Compiler

VCS

SpyGlass

DFII SKILL

PERL

MATLAB

Tcl/Tk

C/C++

Python

Linux

Job description

SiTime Corporation in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Principal CAD Engineer to provide CAD software support for Digital, Analog and Mixed-Signal designs using Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens and Keysight tools.

Responsibilities include user support for Behavioral, RTL and Analog Designs, Schematics, Analog Mixed-Signal Simulations, IC Physical Design layout, CAD tool customizations, Linux Support, implementation and testing of new software tools and deploy new CAD Tool flows.