Senior Mask Design Engineer – Hardware

NVIDIA develops GPUs and systems-on-chip focused on power, performance, and efficiency. The Senior Mask Design Engineer will design and develop detailed silicon interposer layouts for product packages, collaborating with technical leads and design teams to address schedules, costs, manufacturing, and electrical design issues.

Responsibilities:

• You'll collaborate cross functionally with package technical lead (PTL) and I/O signal integrity and technology engineers to deliver solution for product packages in tight schedule
• Performing physical layout for silicon interposer using Cadence tools
• Conduct design feasibility studies to evaluate the package design goals for size, cost, and system performance
• Take part in studying layout floorplan and perform custom layout and verification against design rules and netlists
• Propose layout design trade-offs to the PTL for resolution and implementation

Requirements:

• Hold a B.S. Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5+ years proven experience in Mask and Layout Design
• Deep understanding of layout concepts in submicron CMOS technologies
• You are an authority with Cadence layout tools - particularly Virtuoso
• Experience running and debugging with verification tools such as Calibre, ICV, Thunder, etc
• Proficient in scripting languages like Perl, Python, Skill, etc
• Should have knowledge of DRC and LVS checking flows, ability to customize decks
• You can work optimally in a team, good interpersonal skills, passion and positive energy
• Knowledge of Integrity auto-routing is a plus
• Knowledge of APD package layout tool is a plus
• Good understanding of packaging technology is useful