Principal CAD Engineer, Central Engineering

Developing tools, flows, and methodologies to increase the productivity and reliability of our Memory designs Integrate commercial EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools into design flows Providing training, documentation, and support to end users on new tools and methods Working closely with design, layout, verification and process teams Track and solve issues Undertake Independent Research and Development of Next-Generation CAD Software to Meet Product Development Needs Identify deficiencies of current tools and flows Understand EDA industry product offerings and trends, and opportunities for gaining performance and efficiency Evaluate tools with internal customers Define possible flows for improvement of efficiency and cost Develop, maintain and support the engineering infrastructure Maintain all aspects of design infrastructure at optimum level Provide support and training of the design environment Excellent programming fundamentals are required Experience with Unix and shell scripting is required In depth experience in the Cadence Virtuoso df2 design environment and SKILL programming preferred In depth experience with Python and Python QT language is preferred Experience in layout flows preferred - Calibre DRC & LVS flows, Floor planning, Automated Place and Route, SPF extraction Experience in design simulation areas preferred - Verilog, Verilog-A, ncverilog, VCS, Spice/Fast Spice, fineSim/primesim, hspice Good communication and problem-solving skills are required Fluent in English and able to communicate effectively with a global team Experience in RTL2GDS flows A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering. 5+ years of industry experience is preferred.