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Northrop Grumman · 3 days ago

Circuit Design Support Engineer - R10218255-3

McClellan Park, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$109K/yr - $163K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a motivated Integrated Circuit (IC) Design CAD Support Engineer to support the design of integrated circuits for emerging applications. The role involves collaborating with design engineers, providing CAD tool support, and improving design and verification flows.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Close interaction and collaboration with the analog and digital design engineers

Provide CAD tool support and methodology training to design team

Enable and improve design and verification flows

Support tapeout milestones and IP macro releases

Champion and implement best practices and task automation

Writing scripts to support CAD capabilities

Qualification

Cadence design toolsScripting languagesLinux/unixCalibre verification toolsCadence InnovusInterpersonal skillsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in a technical area (BSEE or other Engineering discipline preferred) with 5 years of relevant experience (3 years with a MS, 0 years with a PhD)

Solid knowledge of the Cadence design tools, particularly the Virtuoso Schematic, Layout, and ADE (Spectre preferred) environment

Experience generating and developing scripts to provide capabilities within a CAD environment (SKILL, Ocean, Python, PERL, Linux/unix shell, etc.)

US Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

Preferred

Experience interfacing with engineers and managers, in addition to vendor application engineers

Solid interpersonal and team skills for cross-functional collaboration, high attention to detail, ability to self-check work outputs and ability to lead technical tasks

Hands-on experience with industry standard tools including (but not limited to): Calibre physical verification tools (DRC, LVS, PERC, etc.), Layout parasitic extraction tools (Cadence Quantus, etc.)

Experience with revision control software (Keysight [formerly Cliosoft] SOS)

Experience with Cadence Innovus a plus

Strong analysis, design and problem-solving skills

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills