Company Overview
Broadcom Inc. is a global technology leader designing and supplying semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions for data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, storage, and industrial markets. Learn more at *************
Job Summary
Join our Central Engineering Group as a design engineer to develop foundation IP for AI products, including memory compilers, logic cells, and custom macros using cutting-edge process technology.
Responsibilities
- Validate custom memory macros and memory compilers through comprehensive memory design verification
- Perform functional verification to identify and resolve design discrepancies effectively
- Conduct signal integrity analysis to detect design weaknesses and propose corrective solutions
- Execute transistor-level simulations to identify and resolve Power Up or Lock up issues
- Perform EM/IR analysis and simulations to assess timing impact and internal margins
- Validate timing and internal margins via transistor-level simulations, identify characterization gaps, and implement fixes
- Conduct quality assurance and validation checks to ensure accurate timing and power models
- Develop automation scripts to streamline verification workflows and data analysis
- Support silicon debugging and correlate findings with spice models
- Collaborate with memory designers to enhance memory characterization and validation processes
- Coordinate with memory design leads, modeling leads, and managers to plan and execute memory validation activities
Preferred competencies and qualifications
- Understanding of transistor-level circuit behavior and device physics to support design validation
- Knowledge of signal integrity, EM/IR, and reliability analysis to improve design robustness
- Proficiency in running simulators and writing automation scripts to enhance verification efficiency
- Familiarity with memory behavioral and physical models is advantageous
- Expertise in memory circuit design is a plus
- Understanding of DFT schemes and chip-level integration is beneficial
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills to facilitate teamwork and project coordination
- Self-motivated with the ability to multitask effectively in a dynamic environment
- Passion for solving complex problems and eagerness to learn new technologies
Required competencies and certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience