Senior Staff CAD Engineer

Job title: Senior Staff CAD Engineer

About the Role As a key CAD member of Marvell Central Engineering, you will play a leading role in developing next-generation automated design flows and add-on tools. You will leverage extensive design and CAD knowledge to define the organization's design methodology and workflow.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain leading-edge P&R flows addressing the needs of Marvell's Business Units.
• Contribute to the deployment and support of these flows.
• Work with the team to ensure optimal integration inside the overall CAD platform.
• Propose innovative solutions to design challenges.
• Stay current with process and tool evolutions.
• Interface with EDA vendors for optimal tool usage.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 5-10 years of related professional experience, or Master’s degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 3-5 years of experience, or equivalent professional experience.
• 2+ years of recent experience with Cadence Innovus.
• Proven experience with advanced nodes 7nm or below; familiar with FinFET, Dual Patterning and ULV challenges.
• Solid understanding, at least at block level but preferably at SoC level of: Timing closure issues and ways to debug and fix them; Floorplanning and routability issues and ways to fix them; Power Grid design and validation; Various Clock synthesis schemes; SI, EM/IR, complex DRC rules; Power intent and multiple power domains implementation; High speed and low power implementation techniques/trade-offs; Upstream/Downstream flow correlation; Good level of proficiency in Tcl scripting in the context of flow development; Demonstrate good analysis and problem-solving skills; Team player with good verbal and written communication.

Nice to Have

• Gate-to-gate equivalence checking
• Parasitic Extraction
• STA/Physical Verification (DRC)
• Early Rail Analysis
• Experience with implementation exploration methods
• Experience with EDA tool benchmarks

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range USD 129,100 – 191,030 per year. The successful candidate's starting base pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions.
• Benefits include an employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look-back, family support programs to help balance work and home life, robust mental health resources, and recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones.