Senior Design Engineer, Standard Cell

Role Summary

This position provides an opportunity to work with a custom standard cell design engineering team focusing on advanced technologies in deep submicron circuit design.

Experience Level

5+ years of relevant circuit design experience if holding a BSEE, or 4+ years with an MSEE.

Responsibilities

• Develop Arm custom standard cells in sub-3nm process technology nodes.
• Collaborate closely with physical design engineers to optimize PPA of Arm cores in SoCs.
• Work with the mask design team for layout tuning, characterization, and validation through QA processes using various EDA tools.

Requirements

• Significant experience in the identification, design, and verification of cells for improving PPA.
• Strong understanding of MOSFET electrical characteristics and layout variability at 3nm and below.
• Proven expertise in static circuit design including latches and flops.
• Experience with standard cell EDA view characterization and Spice circuit simulators.
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Perl or Python.
• Able to support the development of others and iteratively improve design solutions based on data analysis.

Education Requirements

BSEE or MSEE is required.