Layout Designer

Description:

Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the global team to coordinate the complete layout of the plant while maintaining effective team.
  • Excellent communication skills, along with hands-on expertise, are required, and being a team player is crucial.
  • Responsible for Layout design and development of critical analog and custom digital block.
  • Perform layout verification like LVS/DRC/Antenna, quality check and documentation.
  • Responsible for on-time delivery of block-level layouts with acceptable quality.
  • Demonstrate leadership Skill in planning, area/time estimation, scheduling, delegation, and execution to meet project schedule/milestones in multiple project environment.
  • Guide junior team-members in their execution of Sub block-level layouts & review their work.
  • Contribute to effective project-management.
  • Effectively communicating with Global engineering teams to assure the success of layout project.

Qualification/Requirements

• 7 to 8-year experience in memory/analog/custom layout design in advanced CMOS process.
  • A strong understanding of memory design methodology and related issues is important.
  • The candidate should be well-versed in various levels of memory layouts, including custom memory bits, leaf cells, control blocks, read-write components, sense amplifiers, and decoders.
  • Should have hands on experience in creating layout of critical blocks such as Temperature sensor, PLL, ADC, DAC, LDO, Bandgap, Ref Generators, Charge Pump, Current Mirrors, Comparator, Differential Amplifier etc.,
  • Expertise in Cadence VLE/VXL and Mentor Graphic Calibre DRC/LVS is a must.
  • Good understanding of Analog Layout fundamentals (e.g., Matching, Electro-migration, Latch-up, coupling, crosstalk, IR-drop, active and passive parasitic devices etc.)
  • Understanding layout effects on the circuit such as speed, capacitance, power, and area etc.,
  • Ability to understand design constraints and implement high-quality layouts.
  • Excellent command and problem-solving skills in physical verification of custom layout.
  • Multiple Tape out support experience will be an added advantage.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Education

BE or MTech in Electronic/VLSI Engineering

Must Haves: MANDATE:

• A strong understanding of memory design methodology and related issues is important.
• The candidate should be well-versed in various levels of memory layouts, including custom memory bits, leaf cells, control blocks, read-write components, sense amplifiers, and decoders.