Technologist - Analog/Mixed-Signal CAD Development Engineer

Western Digital • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible. At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole. We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands. We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future. Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Requirements

• Education: University degree (BS/MS/PhD) in electrical or computer engineering or a comparable subject
• Personality and working practice: communicative, problem-solving mindset, responsible, takes initiative, flexible and target oriented. Comfortable in working in a fast paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities.
• Experience: Minimum 8+ years of development experience of Mixed Signal CAD design Flows from Front to Back
• EDA Tool Expertise: Deep experience with industry standard EDA tools such as Virtuoso, Quantus, Pegasys, Spectre, Calibre, StarRC, PrimeSim, Totem, Voltus
• EDA Methodologies: Thorough understanding of Custom Analog development flows and methodologies. Experience with physical verification methodologies for DRC, LVS and parasitic extraction, Calibre, starRC, ICV etc.
• Software Development Flows and Scripting: Cadence Skill, Calibre SVRF/TVF, Python, Shell
• PDK: Deep knowledge of PDK and collateral, installation, management and integration into CAD tools
• Proficient knowledge of revision control software (Git, Perforce, Subversion, Synchronicity, etc)
• Working knowledge of analog and mixed-signal design process and concepts such as matching, symmetry, layout effect, monte-carlo, electro-magnetic analysis

Nice To Haves

• Bonus – past experience with AI/ML based projects with layout and design acceleration

Responsibilities

• Continued development of concepts and methods for the EDA design environments with focus on analog / mixed signal ASIC design in advanced nodes
• Tool evaluation, testing, validation and customer support
• Automation and Utilities development in Cadence SKILL/SKILL++
• Development of Calibre/Pegasys Physical Verification decks for CMOS PLANAR technologies including DRC, LVS, PERC, FILL LPE and shape generation
• Create appropriate test circuits and structures, to validate verification rules and to troubleshoot errors
• Development of methods and procedures for quality improvement, automation of deck/techFiles generation and validation
• Collaboration with IT team to fulfil advanced nodes specific requests (Linux, Exceed-on-Demand, Grid, VMWare-ESX, Storage-system, etc.)
• Ensuring the operation and support within the CAD / IT-team for all ASIC designers worldwide.
• Managing the quality and ISO26262 requirements for the EDA tools, both for in-house developments and vendor products
• Effectively manage PDK libraries, collaterals and drive migration of design environments for incremental releases

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees