Senior PDK Support Engineer (Physical Verification)

Intel; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Vacation

Job summary

Intel designs and enables leading-edge PDKs. This senior role supports Physical Verification (DRC/LVS/ERC/Density) and runs PV tasks, identifies violations, and drives solutions with cross-functional DTP teams.

You will maintain training materials, user guides, and provide direct customer support to ensure successful resolution. You will interface with customers to understand requirements and apply analytical problem-solving to root-cause issues in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• BS degree with 7+ years in PV/PD/EDA or MS with 5+ years.
• PhD with 3+ years in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM fields.
• Experience communicating with customers directly.

Responsibilities

• Perform PV runs and identify design rule violations.
• Root-cause and collaborate to define effective solutions.
• Maintain training documents and user guides for PV workflows.
• Provide customer issue support in a team environment with DTP.
• Interact with customers directly to enable success.

Skills

PV problem solving

Customer communication

Root cause analysis

PV tooling experience

Advanced node experience

Education

BS degree

MS degree

PhD degree

Tools

ICV

Calibre

Pegasus

Job description

Business Group

At Intel, Design Technology Platform (DTP) is one of the key pillars enabling Intel to deliver winning products in the marketplace. You will directly drive and work with DTP cross functional teams to ensure design-kit leadership for customer enablement of cutting-edge technologies. You will work with customers to outline critical requirements, collaborate with Intel internal partners to define issue scope, plan execution, and innovate competitive solutions to meet customer needs.

Job Details

Job Description:

Business Group

At Intel, Design Technology Platform (DTP) is one of the key pillars enabling Intel to deliver winning products in the marketplace. You will directly drive and work with DTP cross functional teams to ensure design-kit leadership for customer enablement of cutting-edge technologies. You will work with customers to outline critical requirements, collaborate with Intel internal partners to define issue scope, plan execution, and innovate competitive solutions to meet customer needs.

About The Role

This senior role is to support Physical Verification (DRC/LVS/ERC/Density/LU, etc.) for Intel leading edge PDKs. You will perform the PV runs, identify the violation, work with teams to clarify problem root causes, find or/and implement the solutions. Tasks will also include owning/maintaining training documents, user guide, and customer issue support.

As a DEAS (Design Enablement Application and Support) key member, you must have good communication skills to interact with customers directly, apply analytical problem-solving capability to identify the key requests, and root-cause the issue in a teamwork environment with DTP stakeholders to support and enable customer success.

Core Competencies

• Customer-oriented and self-motivated mindset.
• Good communication skills, verbal and written.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidate must possess a BS degree with 7+ years of experience in Physical Verification, Physical Design Methodology, Design Enablement, or EDA Applications Engineering. or MS degree 5+ years of experience or PhD degree with 3+ years of experience in Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related STEM fields.
• 3+ years of experience in the following:
• Physical Verification role for IP or SoC
• Experienced in Physical Verification tools and flows like ICV, Calibre, Pegasus
• Experienced in solving PV issues, includes design rule interpretation, root cause identification, runset/flow debug
• Intel and/or external foundry process technology knowledge in advance nodes
• Experience interacting / communicating with customers directly

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience Analyzing issues, solving problems, and bringing closure.

Job Type

Experienced Hire

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location

US, California, Santa Clara

Additional Locations

US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $173,660.00 - 330,340.00 USD

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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