STA Engineer

100% Onsite role.

Roles available in Multiple locations;

San Jose, CA 
San Diego, CA 
Irvine, CA 
Phoenix, AZ 

STA setup, convergence, reviews and signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage domain designs.

Timing analysis, validation and debug across multiple PVT conditions using PT/Tempus.

Run Primetime and/or Tempus for STA flow optimization and Spice to STA correlation.

Evaluate multiple timing methodologies/tools on different designs and technology nodes.

Work on automation scripts within STA/PD tools for methodology development.

Good Technical writing and Communication skills, should be willing to work in cross-collaborative environment

Experience in design automation using TCL/Perl/Python.

Familiar with digital flow design implementation RTL to GDS : ICC, Innovous , PT/Tempus

Familiar with process technology enablement: Circuit simulations using Hspice/FineSim, Monte Carlo.

Education:

 B.Tech or MTech/MS in Electrical/Electronics/Microelectronics/VLSI.

 

Preferred Qualification/Skills

Strong expertise in STA timing analysis basics, AOCV/POCV concepts, CTS, defining and managing timing constraints, Latch transparency handling, 0-cycle, multi-cycle path handling

Hands-on experience with STA tools – Prime-time, Tempus

Have experience in driving timing convergence at Chip-level and Hard-Macro level

In-depth knowledge cross-talk noise, Signal Integrity, Layout Parasitic Extraction, feed through handling,

Knowledge of ASIC back-end design flows and methods and tools (ICC2, Innovus)

Knowledge of Spice simulation Hspice/FineSim, Monte Carlo. Silicon to spice model correlation.

Proficient is scripting languages – TCL, Perl, Awk

Basic knowledge of device physics