PDK Enablement Engineering Specialist

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. PDK Enablement Engineering Specialist Job Description Summary As a PDK enablement engineering specialist, you will provide and support the tools and foundry files to enable the circuit implementation teams who build circuits used in cars, cell phones, data centers, etc. using the latest fabrication technologies: finfet, gate all-around, and using the latest Cadence software tools, including AI. Job description Cadence Design Systems is seeking PDK enablement engineering specialists to enable foundry PDKs and support the growing analog design and custom layout team building IP using the Cadence design tools (Virtuoso, Pegasus, Quantus, etc.) to build high speed interfaces used in chips found in cars, cell phones, data centers, etc. You will get the opportunity to collaborate with circuit implementation experts to contribute to the development of exciting chips, work with the best-in-class EDA tools and interact with the Cadence engineering team using developing those tools to improve those tools. The PDKs installed cover the latest technologies offered from all leading edge foundries in gate all-around and finfet nodes, as well as 2D and 2.5D packaging as well as 3D IC stacking. PDK enablement task The PDK enablement team is a part of the Cadence Design IP development group responsible for downloading, formatting, installing, QA and testing, releasing, and maintaining foundry data. We analyze initial PDKs and following versions to understand the impact of the design PDK, models, DRC, LVS and extraction rules and decks, reliability requirements on design and share this knowledge with the design teams. Examples of foundry data include physical verification decks, device models, extraction tech files, and Virtuoso PDKs. Those are the fundamental building blocks on which all the design teams rely to build their circuits. We also create and use existing automation and regression routines to ease the installation and ensure the operation of collateral with various tool versions. The quality, accuracy and reliability of the PDK is critical to the efficiency and quality of the circuit design. We customize the foundry collateral to improve the design team efficiency and the design quality. The team interacts with the foundries about the PDK and foundry data, discussing novelties, issues, bugs, etc. The team also interacts with Cadence R&D teams on tool development, based on PDK learnings. Additional + BSEE, MSEE + Previous experience in PDK enablement + Knowledge of analog design and layout tools and flows + Exposure to Cadence Virtuoso Layout and physical verification tools is a plus + Team player, driven, self-motivated, innovative and autonomous + Attention to details + Excellent communication, presentation and customer service skills == Spu00e9cialiste en du00e9ploiement et du00e9veloppement de PDK Sommaire En tant que spu00e9cialiste en spu00e9cialiste des PDK, vous du00e9ploierez, du00e9velopperez et founirez du support des PDKs des fonderies nu00e9cessaires aux u00e9quipes qui conu00e7oivent les circuits intu00e9gru00e9s et leurs layouts utilisu00e9s dans les voitures, les tu00e9lu00e9phones portables, les centres de donnu00e9es, etc., en utilisant les derniu00e8res technologies de fabrication : FinFET, Gate All-Around, et les outils logiciels Cadence les plus ru00e9cents, y compris l'IA. Description du poste Cadence Design Systems recherche des ingu00e9nieurs spu00e9cialisu00e9s dans les PDK pour bu00e2tir et supporter les fichiers et outils nu00e9cessaires u00e0 la conception de circuits intu00e9gru00e9s dans les fonderies les plus avancu00e9es. Ces fichiers seront utilisu00e9s par les u00e9quipes de conception et de layout analogique. Cette u00e9quipe du00e9veloppe des circuits (IP) u00e0 l'aide des logiciels Cadence (Virtuoso, Pegasus, Quantus, etc.) afin de cru00e9er des interfaces u00e0 haut du00e9bit utilisu00e9es dans les puces pru00e9sentes dans les automobiles, les tu00e9lu00e9phones portables, les centres de donnu00e9es, etc. Vous aurez l'opportunitu00e9 de collaborer avec des experts en conception et layout de circuits pour contribuer au du00e9veloppement de puces innovantes, de travailler avec des logiciels de pointe et d'interagir avec l'u00e9quipe de conception des logiciels de Cadence pour amu00e9liorer ces outils. Les PDK concernent les derniu00e8res technologies proposu00e9es par les fonderies leaders du marchu00e9, notamment les nu0153uds Gate All-Around et FinFET, ainsi que le packaging 2D et 2.5D et l'empilement de circuits intu00e9gru00e9s 3D. Tu00e2ches de lu2019u00e9quipe de du00e9ploiement et de du00e9veloppement des PDK L'u00e9quipe responsable des PDK fait partie du groupe de du00e9veloppement de circuits IP de Cadence Design Systems. Elle est responsable du tu00e9lu00e9chargement, du formatage, de l'installation, de l'assurance qualitu00e9, des tests, de la publication et de la maintenance des donnu00e9es de fonderie. Nous analysons les PDK reu00e7us et leurs versions ultu00e9rieures afin de comprendre l'impact des PDK de conception, des modu00e8les, des ru00e8gles de conception (DRC), de la vu00e9rification du niveau de laboratoire (LVS), des ru00e8gles et fichiers d'extraction, ainsi que des exigences de fiabilitu00e9 sur la conception. Nous partageons ensuite ces connaissances avec les u00e9quipes de conception. Les PDKs comprennent notamment les fichiers de vu00e9rification physique, les modu00e8les de composants, les fichiers techniques d'extraction et les fichiers de Virtuoso. Ce sont les u00e9lu00e9ments fondamentaux sur lesquels s'appuient toutes les u00e9quipes de conception pour construire leurs circuits. Nous cru00e9ons et utilisons u00e9galement des scripts d'automatisation et de ru00e9gression afin de simplifier l'installation et d'assurer le bon fonctionnement des ressources avec diffu00e9rentes versions d'outils. La qualitu00e9, la pru00e9cision et la fiabilitu00e9 des PDK sont essentielles u00e0 l'efficacitu00e9 et u00e0 la qualitu00e9 de la conception des circuits. Nous personnalisons les PDKs afin d'amu00e9liorer l'efficacitu00e9 des u00e9quipes de conception et la qualitu00e9 des designs. L'u00e9quipe interagit avec les fonderies au sujet du PDK en discutant des nouveautu00e9s, des problu00e8mes, des bogues, etc. Elle collabore u00e9galement avec les u00e9quipes de R&D de Cadence sur le du00e9veloppement d'outils, en s'appuyant sur les enseignements tiru00e9s du PDK. Profil recherchu00e9 : u2022 Diplu00f4me en gu00e9nie u00e9lectrique ou u00e9lectronique (BSEE ou MSEE) u2022 Expu00e9rience en support CAD analogique (design, layout) ou en PDK u2022 Excellente compru00e9hension de la conception de circuits et du layout u2022 La connaissance des outils de conception Cadence Composer Schematic et Virtuoso Layout et des outils de simulation et de vu00e9rification physique est un atout u2022 Esprit d'u00e9quipe, dynamisme, autonomie, esprit d'innovation u2022 Excellentes compu00e9tences en communication, pru00e9sentation et service client The annual salary range for British Columbia is 89,600 CAD to 166,400 CAD. 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Created: 2025-12-04