The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

ASIC CAD Engineer

Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of ASIC Hardware Engineering experience with a bachelor's degree, 3-5 years with a master's, or 0-2 years with a PhD.
  • Proficiency in integrated circuit design and EDA tools such as Cadence and Siemens.
  • Experience with Gitlab, CI/CD, SOS, and EDA flow automation.
  • Familiarity with scripting languages and Linux system administration.
  • Excellent verbal, written, organizational, and mathematical skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design and simulate transistor-level circuits according to specifications.
  • Contribute to system-level architecture and design.
  • Optimize hardware for performance, power, and cost efficiency.
  • Evaluate the feasibility of complex hardware algorithms.
  • Lead contributions to complex chip architectures and designs.
  • Drive solutions to ambiguous requirements and adapt as needed.
  • Develop and educate on best practices for less experienced engineers.

Benefits

  • Workplace flexibility to enhance work-life balance.
  • Access to various employee clubs and workshops.
  • Off-site social events to foster team bonding.
  • Discounts for local cultural activities and museums.
Full Job Description

Job Description Summary:

An ASIC CAD Engineer in the Integrated Circuits division is the technical partner for Digital, Analog and Mixed-Signal design teams. They enable the use of EDA tools, maintain EDA licenses, install PDK data, support the compute farm, manages revision control systems and assist design teams with tool issues. The preferred candidate will be able to work on site, is proficient with Cadence and Siemens EDA tools, Gitlab, CI/CD, SOS, scripting languages, EDA flow automation, and familiar enough with Linux for some system administration work.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Design and simulate circuits at transistor-level to implement architecture and requirement specifications

  • Contribute to system-level design

  • Optimize hardware designs for performance, power, and cost

  • Evaluate the hardware feasibility of complex algorithms and requirements

  • Independently contribute to complex chip architectures and designs

  • Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements

  • Contribute to business development and proposal activities

  • Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers

  • Perform or guide physical layout, including floor-planning, and simulate circuits using extracted parasitics.

  • Perform other duties as assigned


Skills/Abilities

  • Proficiency in integrated circuit design

  • Understanding of integrated circuits, semiconductors, and general computer architecture

  • Ability to write detailed design specifications

  • Ability to manage small technical teams

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Excellent mathematical skills

  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

  • Excellent time management skills with the proven ability to meet deadlines

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Ability to prioritize tasks

  • Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals

Education

  • Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field. Masters degree preferred.


Experience

  • Requires 5-7 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, or 3-5 years of experience with a master's degree, or 0-2 years of experience with a PhD in ASIC Hardware Engineering or related.

Additional Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

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Job Location - City:

Cambridge

Job Location - State:

Massachusetts

Job Location - Postal Code:

The US base salary range for this full-time position is

$82,300.00 - $220,000.00

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Union ranges will be in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement's approved rates by location and role. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.  Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

About The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts; its official name is The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The laboratory specializes in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solutions to problems in national security, space exploration, health care and energy. The laboratory was founded in 1932 by Charles Stark Draper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop aeronautical instrumentation, and came to be called the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. During this period the laboratory is best known for developing the Apollo Guidance Computer, the first silicon integrated circuit based computer. It was renamed for its founder in 1970, and separated from MIT in 1973 to become an independent, non-profit organization. The expertise of the laboratory staff includes the areas of guidance, navigation, and control technologies and systems; fault-tolerant computing; advanced algorithms and software systems; modeling and simulation; and microelectromechanical systems and multichip module technology.
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