Senior/Staff Physical Verification & PDK Engineer - Remote

HyperLight Corporation; Cambridge, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health coverage

401(k) retirement plans with matching

Parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Commuter benefits

Growth opportunities

Job summary

HyperLight Corporation is seeking a Senior/Staff Physical Verification and PDK Engineer to own physical verification and design enablement for our advanced TFLN integration program. You will manage design tradeoffs across materials, build a full PDK, and interface with foundries and customers.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in IC verification or an equivalent advanced degree, hands-on DRC/LVS deck experience (IC Validator/Calibre), and scripting in SKILL or similar.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent experience through an advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• Own physical verification for our TFLN-on-silicon-photonics stack, including deck architecture, partitioning, hierarchy and runtime, results triage, and waiver workflow.
• Stand up and run DRC and LVS signoff using tools such as Synopsys IC Validator and Siemens Calibre.
• Lead HyperLight’s internal and cross-platform design rule checks for this platform.
• Own our heterogeneous PDK end to end - architecture, model integration, release and qualification criteria, documentation, and support.
• Serve as HyperLight’s primary technical interface to foundry and customer verification teams on rule interpretation, waivers, and deck issues.
• Support active tapeouts on this program.
• Serve as a technical expert within HyperLight to guide our engineering decisions and technical roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Own physical verification for our TFLN-on-silicon-photonics stack, including deck architecture, partitioning, hierarchy and runtime, results triage, and waiver workflow.
• Stand up and run DRC and LVS signoff using tools such as Synopsys IC Validator and Siemens Calibre.
• Lead HyperLight’s internal and cross-platform design rule checks for this platform.
• Own our heterogeneous PDK end to end - architecture, model integration, release and qualification criteria, documentation, and support.
• Serve as HyperLight’s primary technical interface to foundry and customer verification teams on rule interpretation, waivers, and deck issues.
• Support active tapeouts on this program.
• Serve as a technical expert within HyperLight to guide our engineering decisions and technical roadmap.

Skills

6+ years experience

DRC/LVS signoff

communication with foundry

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related

Tools

Synopsys IC Validator

Siemens Calibre

Cadence Virtuoso

SKILL scripting

Job description

HyperLight Corporation is seeking a Senior/Staff Physical Verification and PDK Engineer to own physical verification and design enablement for our advanced TFLN integration program. You will manage design tradeoffs across materials, build a full PDK, and interface with foundries and customers.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in IC verification or an equivalent advanced degree, hands-on DRC/LVS deck experience (IC Validator/Calibre), and scripting in SKILL or similar.