Lightmatter
Package Layout Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Mid · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$157k-$176kDetected 57 days ago
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About the role
- This position offers a unique opportunity to work on new package architectures by solving complex interactions across digital, analog and photonics domains.
Responsibilities
- Deliver IC package substrate layouts for standard and advanced packaging technologies.
- Contribute to the product concept phase by delivering preliminary substrate designs and floorplanning to support overall stack-up (Silicon/package/MB) optimization.
- Collaborate with package substrate suppliers and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) companies to apply layout design rules, stack up, and implementation guidelines.
- Generate fab files and coordinate with substrate suppliers and OSATs to support Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) closure.
- Design package layouts while adhering to signal integrity, power integrity, thermal, and mechanical requirements.
- Design packages incorporating analog and digital elements/interfaces.
- Support signal/power integrity engineers by providing iterative test routes to refine design rules and routing topologies.
- Coordinate across functional teams to execute error-free Package Design Tape Outs on schedule.
- Support and adapt design automation and verification activities to improve team efficiency.
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline with at least 5 years of relevant experience
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in IC package layout design.
- Proficient with Allegro X APD.
- Understanding of IC package substrates and organic materials, and their impact on package design.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with system-level validation tools such as Cadence Integrity 3DIC for package/IC codesign.
- Familiarity with layout tools (e.g., Expedition Package Designer, Pads Layout, Altium, etc.).
- Experience with layout tool scripting languages (e.g., SKILL or Python) to enable design automation.
Compensation
- total compensation goes beyond base salary, it also includes a new hire equity grant, annual performance-based equity, and other rewards that recognize your impact and contribution.
- $157,000 - $176,000 USD
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Savings Matching Program
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Paid Family Leave
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Commuter Benefits
- Equity grants (applicable to full-time employees)
- Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
- Flexible, hybrid workplace model
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