Layout Engineer

Job Title

Layout Engineer

Role Summary

The Layout Engineer develops multi-dimensional IC layouts and detailed drawings from schematics, verifies designs using CAD and verification tools, and drives layouts through release to production. The role works closely with design, process, and packaging teams and mentors junior layout engineers.

Experience Level

Mid-level - typically requires 2–5 years of relevant layout experience.

Responsibilities

Primary duties include planning, executing, and delivering production-ready layouts and coordinating layout activities across teams.

• Define layout schedule, estimate effort, identify risks and mitigation plans for layout activities.
• Collaborate with designers to understand architecture and key IC requirements.
• Balance area, performance, and schedule during layout development.
• Coordinate with process development for PDK, P-cell and design rule updates.
• Work with packaging engineers to develop custom lead-frames and package solutions.
• Analyze and close issues related to electromigration, thermal gradients, ESD/LU performance, and layout parasitics.
• Develop test vehicles for new process and package technology development.
• Mentor and review work of junior and contract layout engineers to meet quality and schedule norms.
• Own final layout deliverables that meet the design expectations and checklist.
• Identify process, quality, or cycle-time improvements and lead initiatives to address them.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience for successful candidates.

• 2–5 years of IC layout experience, including full-chip layout from definition through production release.
• Strong LVS, DRC, ERC and antenna debug skills.
• Proficient in analog and mixed-signal layout techniques (device matching, power bus design, cross-talk mitigation, ESD/LU protection).
• Good understanding of layout parasitics (R, C, diodes, BJTs), device physics, and semiconductor fabrication processes.
• Experience with technology nodes such as 40nm, 65nm, 90nm, 130nm, 180nm, and BiCMOS processes.
• Familiarity with layout and verification tools: Virtuoso XL, Assura, PVS, Voltas.
• Experience or interest in automation / SKILL coding to reduce cycle time and improve quality is a plus.
• Strong teamwork, communication, documentation, problem-solving, and time-management skills.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering is typically required; example: Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. (The posting lists a bachelor's degree as the expected minimum.)

About the Company

Company: Texas Instruments

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for various markets including industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. The company's innovations aim to make electronics more affordable and reliable, fostering advancements in technology through each generation of semiconductors.