Principal Engineer, EDA/CAD

Full Time
San Diego, CA
Posted
Job description

About InnoPhase, Inc.

INNOPHASE is a rapidly growing pre-IPO communications semiconductor company with headquarters in San Diego, CA, and advanced design centers in Irvine, CA, San Jose, CA, and Bangalore, India. We are pioneering a revolutionary 5G platform that will transform cellular network deployments. Utilizing our breakthrough, patented, wireless technology we are bringing to market a portfolio of SoCs and solutions with a unique value proposition for 5G applications. To learn more about InnoPhase, visit www.innophaseinc.com.

INNOPHASE is a rapidly growing pre-IPO communications semiconductor company with headquarters in San Diego, CA, and advanced design centers in Irvine, CA, San Jose, CA, Kista, Sweden, and Bangalore, India. We pioneered the industry's lowest power Wi-Fi radio architecture for IoT applications and a revolutionary 5G platform that will transform cellular network deployments. Utilizing our breakthrough, patented, wireless technology we are bringing to market a portfolio of SoCs and modules with a unique value proposition for IoT and 5G applications.

Senior EDA/CAD Engineer: The Sr. EDA/CAD Engineer will be responsible for supporting and enhancing circuit design EDA tools and process design kits (PDKs) for Analog, RF, Mixed-Signal, and Digital design flows using Cadence, Mentor, and other tools. The candidate is expected to possess necessary programming skills and circuit design flow knowledge to allow him/her to support, develop, and enhance the EDA tools and the associated PDKs as well as develop new custom tools.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop new custom EDA tool enhancements using scripting
  • Frontline support for design team for debugging and developing productivity enhancements
  • Maintain, install, and upgrade existing CAD tools
  • Configure and install foundry PDKs
  • Proactively drive and resolve tool bugs
  • Evaluate new EDA tools by interacting with EDA vendor FAEs
  • Assist in tape out process including DRC, LVS, ERC verification flows
  • Manage porting designs and IPs to different technology nodes

Job Requirements

  • BSEE and a minimum of five years of direct experience required
  • Deep knowledge of Cadence Virtuoso Platform including pCells, physical verification and extraction flows
  • Hands on experience with scripting and software development tools (SKILL, Perl, Tcl, C++)
  • Highly capable in Linux/Unit operating systems
  • Working knowledge of IC management revision control
  • Experience with DRC/LVS and extraction flow and rules decks
  • Experience with Mentor Calibre DRC/LVS and xRC flows
  • Familiarity with compute server grid systems and server load balancing solutions
  • Familiarity with job monitoring and related software workload tracking tools
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Team player with a passion for quality and a strong sense of urgency and pride in their work

Desirable Skills

  • Expert in Cadence Virtuoso Design Framework (dfII), including flow automation with SKILL, various ADE tools and PDKs
  • Deep experience in Cadence Spectre, Layout XL, Genus, Innovus, Tempus and Voltus environments

Benefits & Perks

  • Market rate salary plus stock options
  • Flexible hybrid work model
  • Benefits include health insurance coverage and contribution from the employer, life and disability insurance, 401(k) matching, company-paid holidays, paid time off for vacation and sick, maternity/paternity paid leave, training reimbursement, and more.

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