Join Our Team at Kandou!
Challenges drive us and innovation is our calling. At Kandou, we are a team of passionate professionals making a significant impact in the semiconductor industry. As an innovative leader in high-speed and energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions, we are committed to evolving the electronics industry, continuously developing to meet the demands of today's and tomorrow's customers. If you are eager to be part of a high-tech scale-up and are motivated to push your limits and challenge the status quo, we have an exciting opportunity for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain an integrated analog/digital EDA environment, including installation, configuration, and support of tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys platforms, and Siemens Calibre/AFS.
- Flow development & automation: design, automate, and validate robust CAD flows for simulation, physical verification, parasitic extraction, and reliability analysis.
- Methodology support: provide expert guidance to analog and digital design engineers, troubleshoot tool issues, and optimize design methodologies for performance and quality.
- Vendor management: act as the primary technical contact with EDA vendors to resolve complex issues, drive bug fixes, and evaluate new versions/features.
- PDK installation & support: contribute to the installation, qualification, and deployment of PDKs for advanced technology nodes.
- Design enablement: create and maintain clear documentation, training materials, and scripts to ensure teams can use tools and flows effectively.
- Continuous improvement: proactively identify bottlenecks and implement solutions that enhance productivity, accuracy, and turnaround time.
Skills
- Strong programming skills in Shell, Python, Perl, Tcl, SKILL; ability to develop simple GUIs; Make-based build automation.
- Solid understanding of the full chip-design lifecycle and digital, analog, and mixed-signal IC design flows.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; capable of collaborating effectively with engineering teams and vendors.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities with the capacity to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in EDA/CAD flow development while balancing stakeholder needs like quality, schedule, and compute efficiency.
- Ability to quickly learn, understand, maintain, and enhance complex software design tools.
Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- 10+ years in EDA/CAD engineering, supporting both analog and digital IC design teams.
- Proven experience with advanced technology nodes and associated PDKs, along with practical knowledge of industry-standard methodologies, tool licensing, revision control, and release management.
- Hands-on expertise with key tools across Analog/RF (Cadence Virtuoso Schematic/Layout, ADE, Spectre/APS/AFS), Physical Verification (Siemens Calibre; Cadence Pegasus), Parasitic Extraction (Cadence Quantus), and Digital Implementation (Synopsys Design Compiler & IC Compiler II; Cadence Innovus).
- Deep data management experience (Git, Cliosoft) enabling consistent, flexible multi-project/multi-discipline flow setup and database tagging.
If this is the role you have been searching for and you want to be part of a growing company with an exciting future, we would love to hear from you.
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