Substrate
Standard Cell Design Lead
San Francisco · Full-time
No sponsorshipDetected 267 days ago
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About the role
- You will work across multiple locations including external fabrication facilities.
- Substrate will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
- If you need an accommodation during the hiring process, please let your recruiter know.
Responsibilities
- Lead standard cell library development including logic gates, flip-flops, and complex cells
- Optimize cell layouts for power, performance and area across Vth's and drive strengths
- Develop Liberty (.lib) timing files and LEF physical abstractions for EDA tool integration
- Collaborate with PDK and process teams to ensure cell performance meets targets
- Implement DFM techniques and validate cells against DRC/LVS rules
- Support all DFT fault models including cell aware, physical aware, stuck-at and transition
- Optimize cell architectural requirements including multi-Vt and multi-channel options
- Lead library validation and qualification across distributed design and fabrication teams
- 10+ years experience in standard cell design, library development and characterization
- As a Standard Cell Design Lead, you will develop and optimize standard cell libraries while leading cell characterization and library validation efforts.
Requirements
- Experience with layout tools (Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys Custom Compiler, or similar)
- Proficiency with characterization tools and SPICE simulation for timing/power analysis
- This role requires deep expertise in digital cell design, layout, and timing characterization combined with strong understanding of library requirements for digital design flows.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Experience with advanced node standard cells or FinFET/GAA library development
- Experience in research-driven or startup semiconductor environments
- Familiarity with EDA flows and library integration requirements
Skills
- Substrate is addressing one of the most important technological problems facing the United States.
Compensation
- $150,000-$275,000 USD
- Substrate will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Equal opportunity
- Substrate is an equal opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
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