CAD Engineer

Role Overview

Broadcom's Central Engineering team seeks a skilled professional to enhance and support CAD tool workflows aimed at advanced semiconductor process nodes.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage hands-on daily with design and layout challenges while creating and maintaining utilities to optimize productivity.
• Develop or update Calibre DRC/LVS rule decks tailored for advanced FINFET technology nodes.
• Build and manage CAD PDK environments, including tool installation and layout customization leveraging scripting languages such as Skill.
• Offer EDA tool assistance and workflow integration for circuit simulation, EMIR, and aging analyses using industry-standard tools like Spectre and HSPICE.
• Apply block-level place and route expertise utilizing commercial EDA platforms to extract power, performance, and area (PPA) metrics.

Candidate Profile

• Holds a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with over four years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrates strong programming abilities.
• Possesses user-level proficiency with CAD software tools.
• Experienced in all CAD support life cycle stages including evaluation, quality assurance, testing, release management, user assistance, and documentation.
• Exhibits excellent interpersonal communication, presentation, multitasking, meticulousness, and teamwork capabilities.