Layout Designer-Memory

IBM

Introduction

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Your role and responsibilities

As a Hardware Developer for Cognitive Systems Circuit Layout, you will design, develop, test, and deliver offerings for Power & Z using the latest technologies. This role involves creating complex VLSI circuit layouts and ensuring design integrity. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Design and Layout Circuits: Create new physical design data from concepts, partial schematics, or overall requirements, and convert symbolic circuit data into physical shapes representing the semiconductor process. • Check Design Integrity: Verify the design meets semiconductor ground rules and logical circuit function, performing manual checks and utilizing tool manipulations as needed. • Collaborate with Extended Team: Coordinate with the team to ensure effective methodology creation and implementation. • Develop Physical Shapes: Use graphic editing tools to create and manipulate physical shapes for VLSI circuit designs. • Ensure Logical Function: Validate the logical function of the circuit, ensuring it meets requirements and specifications.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

  • Exposure to VLSI Circuit Design: Familiarity with designing and laying out complex VLSI circuits using graphic editing tools, including converting symbolic circuit data into physical shapes. • Semiconductor Ground Rules Knowledge: Understanding of semiconductor ground rules and their application in ensuring design integrity. • Experience with Graphic Editing Tools: Hands-on experience with graphic editing tools used for creating and manipulating physical shapes for VLSI circuit designs. • Circuit Function Validation: Exposure to validating the logical function of circuits, ensuring they meet requirements and specifications. • Methodology Creation Collaboration: Experience working with teams to coordinate and implement effective methodology creation for circuit design and layout.

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Advanced VLSI Design Tools: Exposure to specialized VLSI design tools and software, including those used for creating and manipulating physical shapes for complex circuit designs. • Semiconductor Process Knowledge: Familiarity with semiconductor processes and their impact on circuit design and layout, including understanding of semiconductor ground rules. • Circuit Simulation Techniques: Experience with circuit simulation techniques and tools used to validate the logical function of circuits and ensure design integrity.

Years of Experience:

8 - 10

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