EDA Tools Software Engineer (EMIR)

Location: Hybrid work model with on-site and off-site work at assigned hirify.global sites in Phoenix, Arizona; Folsom, California; or Santa Clara, California, United States.

Annual salary: $128,880–$245,160 USD.

Company

Instacart is presented in the posting header, while the job description describes hirify.global's semiconductor technology and EDA engineering work.

What you will do

• Develop, qualify, maintain, document, and release PDK EM/IR reliability collateral, configurations, and Reliability Technology Kits.
• Create test structures and automated validation for EM/IR collateral, including cross-tool correlation and regression infrastructure.
• Enable advanced process features, interconnect structures, 3DIC reliability verification, and thermal capabilities.
• Debug extraction, modeling, EM/IR analysis, PDK, and EDA-tool correlation issues from root cause through validated resolution.
• Perform cross-tool and vendor correlation across Synopsys, Cadence, and Ansys platforms and drive issues to closure.
• Collaborate with PDK, extraction, LVS, QnR, ASIC reliability-verification, design-flow, customer-facing, vendor, and internal engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 3+ years in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong background in semiconductor design, EDA, physical design, PDK, or reliability verification.
• Experience in one or more of electromigration/IR or reliability verification, parasitic extraction, SPICE/post-layout simulation, PDK or technology-file development, physical verification, or EDA-tool qualification.
• Strong scripting and automation skills with Python, Tcl, Perl, Skill, or an equivalent language.
• Strong debugging skills covering technology collateral, extraction, simulation, and analysis.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple engineering organizations and with EDA vendors.

Nice to have

• Experience with Totem/Totem-SC, PrimeSim-EMIR, Voltus/Voltus-XFi, RedHawk-SC, StarRC, Quantus/QRC, or similar tools.
• Understanding of electromigration, IR drop, current-density limits, via and metal reliability, resistance modeling, and advanced interconnect structures.
• Experience developing automated test structures, regression environments, correlation methodologies, or production PDK QA.
• Understanding of advanced-node PDK development and release processes.
• Experience taking ambiguous technical problems through investigation, implementation, validation, documentation, and production release.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time experienced-hire role with Shift 1 in the United States.
• Hybrid work model combining on-site work at an assigned site with off-site work.
• Compensation package includes salary, stock bonuses, health benefits, retirement benefits, and vacation.
• hirify.global states that qualified applicants receive consideration without discrimination based on protected characteristics.
• No recruitment, medical examination, or other hiring fees are charged to candidates.