PDK Engineer

Job description

Join the PDK team in Nijmegen and help deliver reliable design environments for advanced semiconductor and packaging technologies. Our team integrates foundry-provided Process Design Kits into a standardized NXP environment. We work with foundries, EDA vendors, technology experts, packaging teams, and IC designers to ensure that PDKs meet NXP’s quality, reliability, and usability requirements. Your Responsibilities Develop, integrate, and maintain physical-verification rule decks and runsets for bulk CMOS, FinFET, SOI and FD-SOI, RF CMOS, BiCMOS, BCD, and high-voltage technologies. Develop and support DRC, LVS, ERC, reliability-verification, metal-fill, and density-verification flows, including Calibre PERC where applicable Develop and maintain layout parasitic extraction technology files and LPE/PEX flows. Develop and integrate technology and reliability data for electromigration and voltage-drop analysis, supporting EM/IR verification flows. Integrate and qualify foundry-provided rule decks, technology files, extraction data, and device models. Automate PDK testing, regression, and validation. Investigate technical issues and work with foundries and EDA vendors to resolve them. Support design teams during PDK adoption, verification, and tape-out. Evaluate new EDA tools, methodologies, and design-flow capabilities. What You Bring At least eight years of relevant experience in physical verification, parasitic extraction, EM/IR verification, or PDK development. Hands-on experience developing physical-verification rule decks using at least one of the following platforms: Siemens Calibre using SVRF or TVF Cadence Pegasus, PVS, or Assura Synopsys IC Validator Strong knowledge of DRC, LVS, parasitic extraction, and semiconductor sign-off methodologies. Experience with relevant EDA tools, such as:Siemens Calibre nmDRC, nmLVS, PERC, or xRC Cadence Pegasus, Quantus, or Voltus Synopsys IC Validator, StarRC, or RedHawk-SC Experience working in Linux or UNIX-based EDA environments. Proficiency in at least two relevant programming or scripting languages, such as Python, Tcl, shell scripting, Perl, Cadence SKILL, C, or C++. Strong analytical, debugging, communication, and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications A Master of Science (MSc) or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Semiconductor Technology, Applied Physics, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline. Candidates with a bachelor’s degree and substantial relevant industry experience are also encouraged to apply. Experience with PDK regression automation and quality assurance. Knowledge of machine learning or generative AI for engineering automation, data analysis, knowledge retrieval, or verification debugging. Your Impact You will help provide NXP design teams with consistent, high-quality PDKs for advanced semiconductor technologies. Your work will improve design productivity, sign-off quality, and the integration of silicon and packaging technologies. More information about NXP in the Netherlands... #LI-f5d0