Remote PDK CAD Engineer bei FRONTGRADE TECHNOLOGIES

For more than six decades, the skilled thinkers, makers, and doers at Frontgrade have embraced our mission to solve complex technology challenges across the U.S. and around the globe.

We’re the leading provider of high reliability and radiation assured solutions for defense, space, intelligence, commercial, and civil applications, and our products are designed to perform in the harshest of environments. From human spaceflight and space exploration to missile defense, electronic warfare, and healthcare tech advancements, our talented team stays in lockstep with our customers to ensure the success of their missions.

Do you want to help shape the future? In an environment where innovation and ideas go hand-in-hand? Then come join the Frontgrade Team!

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits – from day one. You’ll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level – and beyond.

Other benefits include:

• Competitive Benefits: Medical (FSA + HSA), Dental, and Vision
• 9/80 Schedule
• Immediate 401K Vesting/Matching
• Career Opportunity and Growth
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment
• Generous PTO and 11 paid Holidays per year (8 regular and 3 floating)
• 8 weeks of 100% Paid Family Leave 

*Profit Sharing Plan applies to all non-Annual Incentive Plan and non-Sales Incentive Plan employees.

The Computer Aided Design (CAD) Engineer provides enablement to a team of circuit design and layout engineers through the development of EDA tool automation routines, custom PDK elements, and best-practice methodologies. This position serves as the primary interface between end-users and EDA tool vendors.

The PDK/CAD Engineer will gain experience in radiation-hardened design, layout, and the corresponding CAD requirements to ensure the highest reliability in the devices we develop. This individual will be responsible for ensuring all Engineering tools function as require and establish / implement flows to industry leading standards. Intergrated circuit design experience a must for this role!

This position will be directly involved in the development of new products that support space missions developed for harsh environments on and beyond Earth. This position supports all of Frontgrade Engineering.

• Develops custom PDK elements including p-cells, SKILL routines, and physical verification decks
• Creates, deploys, maintains, and continuously improves automation flows for IC design, layout, process migration, self-checking simulation, and physical verification by way of scripting and/or programming
• Evaluates vendor tool capabilities and recommends tool mix adjustments to management
• Develops EDA tool and design flow best-practice methodologies, documents these practices and policies, instructs peers in following the practices, and gathers feedback from end-users to identify areas for further improvement
• EDA tool installation, license management, configuration management, and data management
• Ability to comprehend IC schematics and layouts

• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by either ITAR or EAR U.S. export laws. As a condition to this job offer, in order to be employed in this position, you must be able to obtain an U.S. Government export license(s), as required by law.
• Pay Range: $125,000 - $159,000 annually. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate.