Senior Principal Integrated Circuit Process Design Kit Developer

18 hours ago


Linthicum Heights, Maryland, United States Northrop Grumman Full time
Job Title: Senior Principal Integrated Circuit Process Design Kit Developer

Northrop Grumman is seeking a highly skilled Senior Principal Integrated Circuit Process Design Kit Developer to join our Engineering, Sciences, and Technology (ES&T) Organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and leading the development of Integrated Circuit (IC) Process Design Kits (PDKs) for internal and commercial production.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement PDKs for a wide range of internal foundry technologies and augment existing commercial Foundry PDKs to enable Northrop Grumman circuit designers to develop discriminating capabilities.
  • Work closely with management, designers, test, fabrication, and integration engineers and foundry technologists to understand requirements and provide support to help the team achieve assigned goals and tasks.
  • Lead PDK direction across multiple technologies and champion best practices and task automation.
  • Interfacing with other foundry roles as a subject matter expert and mentoring junior/mid-level PDK/CAD engineers.
  • Participate in Agile project management workflows to drive projects to completion and demonstrate capabilities to stakeholders and support for feedback and modification.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical area (BSEE or other Engineering discipline preferred) with 8 years of relevant experience (6 years with a MS, 3 years with a PhD).
  • Experience in interfacing with engineers and managers to schedule projects and provide schedule updates and roadmaps.
  • Experience working closely with other foundry functions in the pursuit of process excellence.
  • Strong analysis, design, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • US Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Semiconductor device modeling experience.
  • Knowledge of semiconductor process development, design, manufacturing, and testing.
  • Experience taking lab measurements on process control monitor (PCM) test structures or interpreting results from automated testing of those structures.
  • Experience utilizing the Spectre simulator to verify models match measurements.
  • Experience creating and/or augmenting IC PDKs for compatibility with microelectronics foundry processes.
  • Solid knowledge of the Cadence Virtuoso environment AND DRC/LVS/PEX within Cadence DIVA, Assura, or Mentor Graphics Calibre.
  • Experience generating scripts (SKILL, Python, PERL, Ocean, Linux Shell, etc.) to provide capabilities within a CAD environment.
  • Solid interpersonal and team skills for cross-functional collaboration, high attention to detail, ability to self-check work outputs, and ability to lead technical projects, awareness of configuration management principles.
  • Ability to be flexible and adaptable in fast-changing environments.

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