Integrated Circuit Layout Design Engineer

Company Overview

Our client is a globally recognized leader in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. They provide comprehensive full-stack, all-scenario solutions serving carriers, enterprises, governments, and individual consumers worldwide.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

• Create and deliver physical design verification clean layouts for mixed signal and analog circuits, using deep submicron CMOS technologies.
• Collaborate with circuit designers to review and analyze floor plans and complex circuits to guarantee accurate integration.
• Execute thorough design verification processes on circuit blocks ensuring correctness and compliance with specifications.
• Work jointly with circuit design teams to troubleshoot and resolve intricate technical problems.
• Enhance layout workflows to promote faster and higher quality design output.
• Partner closely with circuit designers to surpass engineering specifications and meet performance objectives.
• Utilize advanced CAD tools and mask design expertise to produce robust layouts satisfying strict criteria for matching, performance, area, and power consumption.

Candidate Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or a closely related field.
• 3 to 4 years of proven experience in analog layout design covering components such as RFs, SerDes, ADCs, DACs, LDOs, PLLs, bandgap references, and amplifiers.
• A minimum of 3 years experience with layout and top-level IC integration within CMOS technologies including 28nm, 16nm, and 7nm nodes.
• Strong skills in custom and standard-cell floor planning and hierarchical layout creation.
• In-depth knowledge of critical layout aspects such as IR drop, RC delay, electro-migration, self-heating, and cross-capacitance phenomena.
• Proven ability to identify circuits and layout features prone to failure; familiar with analog and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) standards.
• High competency interpreting CALIBRE DRC, ERC, LVS reports and resolving related issues.
• Expertise in layout tools such as MENTOR GRAPHICS or CADENCE.
• Additional scripting capabilities in Perl, Python, or SKILL are advantageous.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills facilitating collaborative teamwork across functions.

Additional Information

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply for this position. Kindly note that only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.

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