Pdk Physical Verification Development Engineer - Entry Level

NXP's PDK team provides EDA support to global design teams for multiple process technology nodes. Our team is responsible for foundry enablement as well as developing differentiating solutions for complex physical verification problems involving design reliability, yield and performance. As a physical verification engineer, you will be working on leading edge technologies across a wide range of design teams and multiple EDA vendors. We are looking for a candidate that can understand the technical problems customers face and provide solutions to resolve those issues.

Job Summary:

• Develop differentiating design verification solutions on cross functional areas such as plasma induced damage, electro-migration, latch-up, voltage management, parasitic extraction
• Develop and maintain physical verification decks for deep sub-micron technologies
• Collaborate with design and process technology teams to identify novel physical verification methodologies
• Collaborate with EDA vendors on tool enhancements
• Interface with foundries on physical verification collateral quality and content
• Create guidelines and documentation for physical verification best practices

Key Challenges:

• Key aspects of analog and digital design flows
• Strong programming skills in: Perl, TCL, Python
• Efficient and precise communications skills
• Technical problem solving and debugging ability
• Advanced experience with Siemens Calibre DRC/LVS/PERC/YieldServer, Cadence Pegasus or Synopsys ICV is a plus
• Strong knowledge of EDA tool functionality and physical verification algorithms

Cross functional aspects:

• Experience with device modeling and electrical checks
• Experience with layout parasitic extraction flows and netlist analysis
• Ability to work with the global PDK development and global design teams across global time zones
• Fundamental knowledge in semiconductor process technology
• Experience with device and interconnect reliability concepts

Job Qualifications:

• Recent or upcoming PhD grad in Electrical Engineering or other similar discipline preferred

Job location:

Austin, TX

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.