Senior Principal STA/PD Solutions Engineer

Sr. Principal STA/PD Solutions Engineer

Apply locations SAN JOSE time type Full time posted on Posted 14 Days Ago job requisition id R49327

This individual will be leading and executing technical campaigns at various internal and external customers. Perform several timing & correlation benchmarks with Cadence Tempus -Signoff tool. Execute and deliver on timing analysis, ECO flows, Extraction, Power, EMIR and/or physical design and ensure integrity of delivered solutions. Individual should be able to efficiently work with Cadence R&D to enable various tool feature and close tool bug fixes. Work on various aspects of physical design including timing analysis, place and route, extraction, spice etc.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Perform Static timing analysis, glitch, noise analysis, extraction using Cadence Signoff tools. Executing and delivering on various aspects of Timing analysis flows, ECO flows, Power/EMIR, CAD tools and methodologies.
2. Work on SDC constraints, advanced OCV/SOCV concepts, derates, PBA timing, Distributed, Concurrent and Hierarchical STA flows.
3. Work efficiently with R&D and customer to enable various timing analysis & ECO flows.
4. Performing timing correlation, tool feature benchmarking, constraints validation, spice analysis on various tech nodes and customer designs.
5. Work on In-design timing ECO optimizations solutions with basic knowledge of Place and Route, Clock Tree, RC Extraction, power and UPF/CPF concepts.
6. Execute and lead Tempus timing signoff campaigns at existing and new customers.
7. Automation of flows using Scripting languages (Perl, Tcl, python).
8. Deliver technical trainings and seminars within Cadence and customer sites.

Requirement:

• 12 years experience with Bachelors in Engineering or 10 years experience + Master in related field of VLSI, Semiconductor, Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Expert in Static Timing Analysis with knowledge of Physical Design and ECO flows, Power, Extraction.
• Good understanding of Cadence Tools & flows like Tempus, Innovus or equivalent.
• Have basic understanding of Place and route, power analysis.

Cadence plays a critical role in creating the technologies that modern life depends on. We are a global electronic design automation company, providing software, hardware, and intellectual property to design advanced semiconductor chips that enable our customers to create revolutionary products and experiences.

Cadence is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other protected class.