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Job summary
As a senior member of our cad team, you will develop, maintain, enhance and debug process design kits (pdks) and layout flows for our rapidly growing iot, timing, and power product divisionsThis is a high visibility role, which requires fluid interaction with silicon labs’ foundry, cad, esd, design, packaging, and layout teamsThe candidate should have excellent grasp of pdk development, skill programming, cadence virtuoso ic61 and 18.xx tools, techfile development, netlisting development for lvs and simulation, place and route requirements (lef/def files)Proven experience working across a range of process nodes from smaller geometries (22nm and below) to high voltage processes (0.5u) is critical for the role.
Education and experience
8+ years of experience in pdk and skill code development, preferably writing from scratch and/or modifying existing pcells and netlistcode
Experience with cadence virtuoso layout tools and their customizations
Proven programming skills in skill, perl, python, tcl and shell scripting
Good debug experience reviewing calibre lvs and drc errors
Knowledge of calibre rve, drv and cadence qrc would be useful
Familiarity with analog and digital design engineering concepts
Excellent documentation and communication skillsFamiliarity with jira and confluence is considered a plus
Familiarity with leading version control tools like perforce, cliosoft, methodics are considered a plus
Open to candidate working 100% remote in az, ca, il, tn, fl, ga, mi, mn, nh, ut, va
Benefits
Great medical (choice of ppo or consumer driven health plan with hsa), dental & vision plans
Highly competitive salary
401k plan with match and roth plan option
Equity rewards (rsus)
Employee stock purchase plan (espp)
Life/ad&d and disability coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Adoption assistance
Back-up childcare
Additional benefit options (commuter benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance)
Flexible vacation policy
3 paid volunteer days per year
Charitable contribution match
Tuition reimbursement
Free downtown parking (austin)
Onsite gym (austin)
Monthly wellness offerings
Free snacks
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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our companyWe do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
