Hardware Engineer

Job Title

Hardware Engineer

Role Summary

Work on silicon technology evaluation and enablement for IP and product designs in advanced foundry process nodes. Member of the Central Engineering Design Correlation team responsible for assessing foundry technology offerings, defining technology platforms, performing PPAC assessment and benchmarking, designing test structures, characterizing silicon, and correlating models to silicon.

Collaborate with CMOS process, device & modeling, reliability, IP design, EDA/CAD, and product teams as well as foundry partners to ensure technology readiness and alignment with design requirements. Onsite position in Irvine, CA.

Experience Level

Senior. The role expects extensive hands-on and cross-functional experience in advanced process-node technology evaluation and design enablement.

Responsibilities

Support IP and chip teams with technology evaluation, reliability assessment, and design enablement. Typical responsibilities include:

• Design and verify device/circuit-level test structures; perform DRC/LVS verification and extraction.
• Run circuit simulations (SPICE) and analyze silicon measurement data (DC/AC/RF) to validate models.
• Perform silicon evaluation, data analysis, and model-to-silicon correlation for advanced nodes.
• Assess foundry technology offerings and capabilities versus product/IP requirements; contribute to new technology platform definition.
• Conduct PPAC (power, performance, area, cost) assessments and benchmarking.
• Provide cross-functional quality assurance for designs and tape-outs, including EDA and RCX tool predictability checks.
• Evaluate custom device infrastructure readiness and robustness; coordinate with foundry and internal teams during technology enablement.
• Engage in collaborative projects across design, platform technology, operations teams, and foundry partners; prioritize tasks and deliver results on schedule.

Requirements

Essential skills and experience for this role:

• Strong background in advanced CMOS technology (FEOL, MEOL, BEOL) and design-technology interactions.
• Proven experience interacting effectively with design teams and foundry partners.
• Familiarity with analog and digital design flows and CAD/EDA tools.
• Hands-on experience with test-structure layout, verification, extraction, and SPICE simulation.
• Experience in silicon characterization (DC/AC/RF) and quantitative data analysis.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical, written and verbal communication, and multitasking skills.
• Combination of hands-on engineering and project management capability.

Education Requirements

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Engineering Physics, or a related field. Experience guidance provided by the employer: typically 8+ years after a BS, 6+ years after an MS, or 3+ years after a PhD, with recent work in advanced FINFET or GAA nodes. Equivalent practical experience may be considered.

About the Company

Company: Broadcom

Headquarters: Irvine, California, United States

Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is known for its innovations in wireless and broadband communications, enabling a connected world.