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Custom IC Layout Engineer
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Kanata, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Role Description The Custom IC Layout Engineer is a full-time, on-site role based in Calgary, AB. This position is responsible for designing and implementing custom IC layouts for photonic and electronic circuits, ensuring that designs meet performance, manufacturability, and reliability requirements. Day-to-day tasks include translating circuit schematics into optimized layouts, performing layout-versus-schematic (LVS) and design rule checks (DRC), collaborating closely with circuit and device designers, and iterating layouts to meet area, power, and signal integrity targets. The engineer will work with physical verification tools, maintain design documentation and libraries, and support tape-out activities and post-silicon revisions. The role also involves cross-functional collaboration with product, test, and packaging teams to ensure that layout solutions align with overall system goals.
Qualifications
- Strong skills in Layout Design, including custom IC layout creation, optimization, and floorplanning.
- Proficiency in Circuit Design, with familiarity in Analog and Analog Circuits for integrated systems.
- Experience with Physical Verification, including DRC, LVS, and related sign-off methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools (e.g., Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor) for layout and verification.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Physics, or a related field.
- Understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes and design-for-manufacturability principles.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team and communicate technical concepts clearly.
- Attention to detail, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple design tasks in parallel.
- Experience with photonic or high-speed ICs is an asset.
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Responsibilities
Design and optimize custom layouts for photonic and electronic circuits, translating schematics into layouts and performing DRC and LVS to meet performance, manufacturability, reliability, area, power, and signal integrity targets. Collaborate with circuit, device, product, test, and packaging teams; maintain design documentation and libraries; and support tape-outs and post-silicon revisions.
Requirements
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Physics, or a related field is required, along with strong custom IC layout skills and familiarity with circuit design, analog circuits, and physical verification. Candidates should have hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools, understand semiconductor manufacturing and design-for-manufacturability principles, and communicate and collaborate effectively; photonic or high-speed IC experience is an asset.
Skills
- Custom IC Layout Design
- Layout Optimization
- Floorplanning
- Circuit Design
- Analog Circuits
- Physical Verification
- Design Rule Checking
- Layout Versus Schematic
- EDA Tools
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Design for Manufacturability
- Photonic ICs
- High-Speed ICs
- Signal Integrity
- Problem-Solving
- Technical Communication
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- Manufacturing
Keywords
- Custom IC Layout
- Photonic Chips
- Photonic Circuits
- Electronic Circuits
- Circuit Schematics
- Layout Optimization
- Floorplanning
- Analog Circuits
- Physical Verification
- Design Rule Checking
- Layout Versus Schematic
- Cadence
- Synopsys
- Mentor
- EDA Tools
- Tape-Out
- Post-Silicon Revisions
- Signal Integrity
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Design for Manufacturability
- High-Speed ICs
- Reliability
- Power Efficiency
- Microelectronics
- Packaging