ASIC CAD Manager Kuiper Silicon

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide lowlatency highspeed broadband connectivity.

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The Role:
As CAD Manager you will be responsible for leading and optimizing the EDA environment for project Kuiper Digital and RFIC design teams. You will oversee the complete RTLtoGDS flow manage tool deployments and drive methodology development across multiple semiconductor projects. This is an opportunity to shape the technical direction of critical IC design workflows and lead a team of skilled CAD engineers. You will advise on tools selection and interface with various EDA tool vendors and foundries to run the EDA tools PDKs and other files necessary for the Silicon Development Team to operate efficiently. You will be responsible for defining and creating a unified environment that sets the versions of the tools PDK and design for every individual chip in development. Additionally you will interact with the various Silicon development teams who will be requesting newer versions of the tools and raise trouble tickets with CAD vendors as needed.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities
Lead and manage the CAD infrastructure team supporting multiple IC design projects
Establish and maintain standardized design flows and methodologies
Develop Synthesis and Place and Route methodologies in process nodes for external foundries
Enable the team in meeting the design and development targets by working closely with external tool vendors
Develop tools flows methodologies on digital backend domains APR PnR Synthesis Timing Physical and Electrical Verification LEC DRC LVS etc.
Be single point contact for bugs and issues for physical design team
Build flow in TCL Python to ensure quality and faster executions
Understand different methodologies used across industry to adopt best practices


Bachelors degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering
Proven experience managing CAD teams and infrastructure
7 years of silicon EDA and/or digital ASIC design experience


Masters degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering
10 years of silicon EDA and/or digital ASIC design experience
VLSI design with focus in synthesis place and route skills
RTL2GDS including floor planning synthesis place route clock construction
PPA Power Performance Area Optimization
Layout timing LEC verification
TCL Python PERL or other scripting languages
2 years in one or more of these tools: Design compiler IC Compiler Fusion Compiler Cadence synthesis APR tool
Physical aspect of VLSI designs
Strong written and verbal communication skills.


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