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Cadence is hiring a Custom Layout Designer (Analog Layout Designer) in Cary, NC. It is a full-time role in Hardware & Semiconductors, asking for at least 5 years of experience, first listed on November 1. Cadence has 99 other openings in the US, 6 of them in Cary, NC. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 2 Hardware & Chips openings in Cary, NC today; the typical one asks for 5 years and advertises about $220,000 a year at the midpoint.
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Cadence has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 6 states. Most are in software & IT (45), hardware & chips (20) and sales & BD (5). The biggest locations are San Jose, CA (77), Austin, TX (20) and Cary, NC (7). None of them is fully remote, 6% are open to entry-level candidates and 80% show pay. We collect Cadence's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards or agencies.
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At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
Join our team of layout designers creating challenging IP designs for the consumer, industrial, and automotive markets. Our designs are fabricated in the world’s leading edge silicon processes for companies ranging from large multinational companies to hot start-ups. Learn on-the-job how to apply your engineering background to create these robust high performance analog designs. Working with experienced skilled designers, you will be part of the design team using Cadence design tools. We are looking for a layout engineer capable of producing quality layouts of analog/mixed-signal circuit blocks, working in collaboration with circuit designers. Responsibilities include all facets of the back-end flow, from initial floor planning through detailed layout and final verification of conformance to foundry design rules.
The Cadence IP Group custom layout team develops and delivers a variety of high-quality high speed and high accuracy CMOS integrated circuits IP for several foundries and process nodes down to 5n and even below. We are deeply involved in finfet layout and even beyond (gate all-around).
As part of Cadence, the Cadence IP group custom layout team not only has access to all the current and future Cadence layout and verification tools, we also participate in the development and validation of the Cadence Virtuoso software, which the most used in the industry.
Experienced Custom Layout Analog Engineer with finfet experience and 5yrs+ in 5nm and lower nodes
As a custom layout designer, you will be involved in:
- Implementing high speed and high accuracy cells, blocks and IP blocks in a timely fashion with high quality and efficiency
- Working with custom layout designers from groups all over the world to build high quality IP and test-chips
- Working with circuit designers from groups all over the world to understand their technical and schedule needs
- Collaborating with the Cadence R&D teams (Virtuoso, PVS developers) to help develop the layout editing and verification tools
- BSEE, MSEE
- Exposure to microelectronics design and requirements
- Understanding of layout effects on the circuit such as speed, capacitance, power and area etc.,
- Knowledge of various analog layout techniques like matching, shielding etc.,
- Exposure to Cadence Virtuoso Layout and physical verification tools
- Team player, driven, self-motivated and autonomous
- Excellent communication, presentation and customer service skills
We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.
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