Senior Calibre Cad Engineer

at Nvidia
📍 Santa Clara, United States
USD 136,000-264,500 per year
SENIOR
✅ On-site

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Perl @ 4 Debugging @ 4

Details

NVIDIA is searching for a motivated CAD Engineer to join the Advanced Technology Group. You will support installation of foundry techfiles. You will provide expert support to designers in debugging tool, techfile and design errors. And you will develop flows and scripts to improve productivity of custom circuit designers worldwide!

Responsibilities

  • Install, configure, and support foundry techfiles.
  • Perform expert debug of design errors to direct expeditious resolution: explaining user errors to designers; explaining techfile errors to the foundry support team, and explaining tool errors to EDA partners.
  • Custom edit foundry techfiles to define and implement NVIDIA design methodologies.
  • Support and maintain CAD tools used by IC designers including Virtuoso, IC-Manage, DRC/LVS verification tools, extractions, and spice simulation tools.
  • Work with CAD tool vendors to identify and resolve bugs, improve tool usability, and evaluate new tools and features.
  • Develop infrastructure to support design work in new process technologies.
  • Write scripts using Perl and Cadence SKILL.

Requirements

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience); MS preferred.
  • 5+ years of work experience.
  • Basic understanding of MOSFET device behavior, CMOS layout, and VLSI design.
  • Excellent programming skills; experience with Perl, Cadence SKILL.
  • Expertise in Calibre to support, enhance, and debug foundry DRC and Antenna techfiles.
  • Implement NVIDIA specific DFM, DRC rules using Calibre’s SVRF.
  • Add NVIDIA specific Voltage Dependent modification/rules using Calibre’s SVRF.
  • Analyze Calibre run and determine long poles in the runs.
  • Great interpersonal skills.
  • Passionate about providing excellent support for end-users.

Benefits

  • Eligible for equity and benefits.
  • Work with one of the most forward-thinking and hardworking teams in the world.
  • Opportunity for creative and autonomous engineering with a focus on groundbreaking process technologies.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal opportunity employer.