Senior ASIC Layout Engineer - Hybrid Working

At Rakon, we design cutting-edge oscillator ASICs that sit at the heart of our world-leading precision timing products. We take immense pride in pushing the limits of design to deliver products that are several years ahead of the current market. To complement our growing ASIC team, we are looking for a Senior ASIC Layout Engineer with the skills and enthusiasm to significantly enhance Rakon’s competitive position by delivering robust, high-performance custom analogue and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
About The Job
As an ASIC Layout Engineer, you would play an integral role of bringing the designs into silicon. You will be working closely with the design team and the Layout Lead to decide the layout requirements and achieve the task efficiently and with minimum risk. The ideal layout engineer would have had previous professional experience in a high-volume production environment with a sound understanding of ASIC design and development flow.
Responsibilities will include:
Layout of blocks within the ASIC while considering the block interfaces on the top level through good communication with layout lead and design engineer.
Running block and top-level layout checks and solve flagged errors.
Contribute to the layout process continuous improvement by identifying opportunities and participate in and/or proactively lead initiatives.
Floor planning of the ASIC.
Ideally you will have:
A Bachelor, Master or PhD degree in Electronics Engineering or related subject.
Over 5 years of hands-on experience with analogue circuit layout in CMOS and Bi-CMOS technologies.
Be a team player with good interpersonal skills, and excellent communication skills, including verbal, written and communication, and presentation skills in English.
Very good knowledge of Cadence tool workflow for schematic capture and layout XL.
Very good knowledge in running tool for checking DRC, LVS, ERC and antenna rules and ability to effectively debug any errors
Very good knowledge of good layout matching techniques such as common centroid or dummy usage
Very good understanding of electromigration and how to layout a block with high reliability
Appreciation and knowledge of parasitic associated with a layout.
Knowledge of Cadence SKILL language and PCELL development.
At Rakon, we value task-focused problem solvers and self-starters who continuously seek to improve our products and business whilst also continuing their personal development. Our guiding principles of Passion, Respect, Courage, Perseverance and Integrity are the foundation blocks of how we operate. They guide us in the way we are and the decisions that we make. Our people come from 49 countries, and we are a LGBTQ+ friendly company which offers equal opportunity regardless of gender and ethnicity. On offer is a competitive remuneration, Skilled Worker Visa, and benefits package for the right person.
We also have a Senior/Principal Analog ASIC Design Engineer vacancy available, for a private and confidential conversation about this and other opportunities, please get in touch with our Recruitment Consultant, Davella Tang, at #####. Applications close as soon as we find the right person, so click Apply now!
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