Standard Cell Library Design Engineer

Job Details:

Job Description:

The Design Technology Platform Production Library team develops and delivers high-quality standard cell library collaterals using leading-edge process technologies to support Intel product teams and external customers.
This role is primarily focused on backend library development and collateral delivery. Key responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Own the delivery of standard cell library collaterals, including backend layout and abstract views such as OALibs, GDS, LEF, NDM, and other related library deliverables.
• Drive library characterization methodology and establish robust quality checks to ensure consistency across EDA tools and industry-standard requirements.
• Ensure library quality, consistency, and usability across downstream implementation flows.
• Debug implementation issues reported by design teams and develop effective, innovative solutions.
• Lead library automation initiatives to improve collateral generation efficiency by defining automation framework specifications and driving implementation.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including design, characterization, CAD, PDK to support smooth library development and release cycles.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Microelectronics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience with standard cell design, modeling, and characterization or physical backend
• Strong understanding of backend standard cell library development, physical verification, and layout knowledge.
• Extensive experience with standard EDA tools used for library development, such as Virtuoso and Custom Compiler, as well as physical verification tools including ICV, Calibre, and Pegasus.
• Familiarity with physical implementation tools such as Innovus and Fusion Compiler.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Tcl, or CSH.
• Experience working with PDK integration teams ad EDA vendors.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional and collaborative environments.

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location:

Malaysia, Penang

Additional Locations:

Business group:

Intel Foundry strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art while delighting our customers -- from delivering cutting-edge silicon process and packaging technology leadership for the AI era, enabling our customers to design leadership products, global manufacturing scale and supply chain, through the continuous yield improvements to advanced packaging all the way to final test and assembly. We ensure our foundry customers' products receive our utmost focus in terms of service, technology enablement and capacity commitments. Employees in the Foundry Technology Manufacturing are part of a worldwide factory network that designs, develops, manufactures, and assembly/test packages the compute devices to improve the lives of every person on Earth.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

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