CAD Design Engineer

Our client is the world's leading computer components manufacturer seeking a CAD DESIGN ENGINEER tocontribute to the development and support of next generation IC design flows for analog, digital and/or full custom circuits. As an experienced CAD Engineer on the team, you will be required to assume a technical leadership role in the development of these design flows for multiple engineering customers (Internal/External) using industry standard EDA software such as Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys, etc. You may be responsible for tool evaluation, selection, support, collateral (PDK, FDK) or flow development for engineering groups.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with at least 5 years of experience in IC Design or Computer Aided Design (CAD); OR a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with at least 2 years of experience
- Demonstrated experience with various Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, flows, and architecture
- Solid understanding of Integrated Circuit (IC) simulation tools (eg HSPICE, HSIM, etc.) and related methodologies
- Demonstrated experience in front-to-back IC design flows with a focus on analog and mixed signal (AMS) solutions
- Demonstrated experience in building and qualifying parasitic extraction flows and associated technology files
- Demonstrated experience with the Cadence Virtuoso environment, including Schematic Composer and Layout Editor
- Demonstrated experience with multiple CAD flows: custom Front End and Back End, parasitic extraction, PDK development
- Industry experience with Cadence, Synopsys and/or Mentor tools a plus
- Demonstrated knowledge of Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) processing, Very Large Scale Integration design (VLSI) and device physics
- Experience in Linux and data management software (eg Clearcase, DesignSync, SVN) expected
- Demonstrated experience to interface with engineers and managers by providing schedule updates and roadmap plans
- Demonstrated experience in C++, Shell, Perl, Tcl/Tk, SKILL, or Python programming

PREFERRED SKILLS:

- Cadence Spectre, AMS Designer, Assura, and QRC
- Agilent ADS/RFDE
- Cadence Virtuoso
- DesignSync
- Mentor Graphics Calibre
- SKILL, Perl, Tcl/tk UNIX, Shell Scripting

This contract position is expected to be 3 months in duration.