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Virtuoso Custom CAD Engineer

Austin, TXOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Cadence
  • Virtuoso Layout
  • Virtuoso Schematic
  • Python
  • Unix/Linux
  • scripting
  • custom flows
  • tool development
  • installation
  • maintenance

Nice to have

  • analog
  • digital
  • new product development
  • IC CAD support
  • EDA tools
  • Composer

Role summary

Apple is seeking a Virtuoso Custom CAD Engineer to join their Silicon Technologies group. This role involves providing comprehensive support for Cadence custom flows, including tool development, installation, and maintenance. You will assist digital, analog, and mixed-signal design teams by developing utilities and scripts, supporting Virtuoso Layout and schematic software, and driving design methodologies to enhance productivity. Responsibilities also include general CAD services, tool configuration, and involvement in test development, automation, and regression flows. The ideal candidate will have a BS degree with 3 years of relevant industry experience, proficiency in Python, Unix/Linux, and revision control systems.

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient display and image sensors. You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. As a CAD Engineer of Custom Infrastructure Support, you will provide support for digital, analog and mixed-signal designs using Cadence. Responsibilities include general user support for both layout and schematic designers, tool customizations, Unix/Linux support and development testing of new tools and flows.

Description


In this highly visible role, you will: - Provide full support for Cadence custom flows, tool development, installation and maintenance - Work with the design team to develop utilities and scripts. - Support Virtuoso Layout and schematic software and release flows based on revision control system - Drive design methodology to increase productivity - Work with CAD team to provide general CAD services support, utilities, scripts while also working closely with the Design and Layout teams - Support tool configuration and application - Involvement in test development, automation and regression flow support - Create and maintain relevant documentation

Minimum Qualifications


Minimum requirement of BS + 3 years of relevant industry experience Experience in Python programming/scripting

Preferred Qualifications


Experience in analog and digital new product development IC CAD support using EDA tools Experience supporting Cadence Composer Virtuoso, Layout tools, VXL, PCELLs, and CDFs Experience in programming languages such as Python, DFII, SKILL, Perl, Tcl Proficient with Unix / Linux OS, utilities, and scripting Strong communication skills both oral and written.

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