Technical Lead I - VLSI

Role Description

Role Proficiency:

Independently execute mid sized customer projects in any field of VLSI Frontend Backend or Analog design with minimal supervision

Outcomes

• Work as an individual contributor owning any one task of RTL Design/Module. Provide support and guidance to engineers in Verification/PD/DFT/Circuit Design/Analog Layout/STA/Synthesis/Design Checks/Signoff etc.
• Anticipate diagnose and resolve problems; coordinating as necessary with cross-functional teams
• On time quality delivery approved by the project manager and client
• Automate the design tasks flows and write scripts to generate reports
• Come up with novel ideas to reduce design cycle time and cost accepted by UST Manager and client
  
  

Measures Of Outcomes

• Quality –verified using relevant metrics by UST Manager / Client Manager
• Timely delivery - verified using relevant metrics by UST Manager / Client Manager
• Reduction in cycle time cost using innovative approaches
• Number of papers published
• Number of patents filed
• Number of mandatory trainings attended adhering to training goals
  
  

Outputs Expected

Quality of the deliverables:

• Ensure zero bugs are present in the design / circuit design.
• Clean delivery of the design/module in-terms of ease in integration at the top level
• Meeting functional spec / design guidelines 100% without any deviation or limitation
• Documentation of tasks and work performed
  
  

Timely Delivery

• Ensure project timelines as laid out by the client or program manager are met
• Meet intermediate tasks delivery for other team members to progress
• Calling out for help and support in the case of delay in tasks delivery
  
  

New Skills Development

• Participate in training – skilling someone and also getting skilled in newer technologies
• Take up new areas of project development learn on the job and deliver
  
  

Team Work

• Participation in team work and supporting team members at the time of need
• Able to take up additional tasks in-case of any team member(s) not available
• Able to hand hold junior team members to explain the project tasks and support to deliver
• Work dedication to go beyond the call of duty to ensure deadlines and quality are met
  
  

Innovation & Creativity

• Approach towards repeated work by automating tasks to save design cycle time
• Participation on technical discussion training forum white paper etc
  
  

Skill Examples

• Languages and Programming skills:a. System Verilog Verilog VHDL UVM C C++ Assembly Perl TCL/TK Makefile Spice
• EDA Tools: a. Cadence Synopsys Mentor tool sets (one or more)b. Simulators Lint CDC/RDC DC/RTL-C ICC/Innovus/Olympus ETS/TK/FS PT/Tempus Calibre etc. (experience in one or more tools)
• Technical Knowledge:a. IP Spec Architecture Design Micro Architecture Functional Spec Test Plan Verificationb. Bus Protocol AHB/AXI/PCIe/USB/Ethernet/SPI/I2C Microprocessor architecturec. Strong Physical Design / Circuit Design / Analog Layout Knowledged. Synthesis DFT Floorplan Clocks P&R STA Extraction Physical Verificatione. Soft / Hard / Mixed Signal IP Design Processor Hardening FPGA Design
• Technology: CMOS FinFet FDSOI - 28nm / 22nm / 16ff / 10nm and below
• Strong communication skills and ability to interact with team members and clients equally
• Strong analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills with attention to details
• Ability to understand the standard specs and functional documents
• Ability to deliver the tasks on-time in a quality fashion per quality guidelines and GANTT
• Well versed with the available EDA tools and able to use them efficiently
• Required technical skills and prior design knowledge to execute the assigned tasks
• Ability to learn new skills in-case required technical skills are not present at a level needed to execute the project
  
  

Knowledge Examples

• Knowledge of project(s) in any of the design by executing – RTL Design / Verification / DFT / Physical Design / STA / PV / Circuit Design / Analog Layout etc.
• Understanding of the design flow and methodologies used in the designing
• Understand the assigned tasks and have sufficient knowledge to execute the project tasks assigned by the client / manager as per known skills
  

Additional Comments

Job Description: Title: Senior Engineer Silicon Validation - SD MMC Role and Responsibilities: 1. Collaborate with design, and architecture teams to understand requirement and create validation plan to uncover Si issues 2. Develop and maintain firmware for SoC for functional bringup and validation 3. Debug Silicon issues in collaboration with HW and teams to identify root cause. Skill Requirements: 1. Experience in Si bring up and pre Si or post Si validation 2. Excellent C programming skills 3. Experience in Si debug using T32, JTAG and awareness of debug methodologies Good to have: 1. Experience in bringing up power on Post Si 2. Knowledge of SoC architecture, ARM architecture, SD/SPI protocol and boot flows 3. Experience on firmware development for bare metal platform Experience: 5+ years of experience in Si validation and firmware development Qualifications: B.Tech/B.E

Skills

SOC Validation,Si debug using T32, JTAG, CPU,Validation Engineer