PDK Development Engineer

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

PDK Development Engineer

Job Description

MACOM is seeking a PDK Development Engineer to join the Technology Development team in Durham, NC or Lowell, MA. The engineer would be part of MACOM's RF Device Modeling/PDK team, and will be responsible for the development, generation, delivery, and support of PDKs used by internal designers as well as external Foundry Service customers. The engineer will work with other modeling engineers, RF MMIC designers, the product development team, and external customers to ensure successful implementation of the PDK and nonlinear model with their designs.

Key duties and responsibilities for this role include:

• Develop and maintain process design kits for Cadence MWO to support discrete devices, packaged devices, and full MMIC processes, including implementation of linear components and MACOM's proprietary nonlinear HEMT models

• Work closely with design, layout, and process engineers to understand and incorporate process and technology requirements into the models and PDKs.

• Develop, qualify, and support physical verification decks for DRC/LVS to support design tape out.

• Develop, qualify and support EM and thermal setups within the PDK

• Provide application support for PDK usage to internal and external customers

• Create and maintain documentation to support PDK usage and requirements, including updates to foundry manuals and user guides, as well as general applications support for the PDK and device models.

What you will need to succeed:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.

• Proficiency with EDA software, specifically Cadence MWO and Keysight ADS

• Experience with PDK development, including coding, debugging, DRC development, etc. Specific experience with MWO PDK development is strongly desired.

• Strong interpersonal skills, including customer oriented communication skills.

• Should be self-motivated and able to work independently with minimum supervision

• Strong organization skills

• Due to ITAR regulations, the candidate must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident

Other things that would be useful:

M.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field

Familiarity with other CAD tools such as AutoCAD, DW2000, Allegro, Virtuoso

Familiarity with RF design methods and compound semiconductor behavior.

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:

MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call +1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.