Staff Virtuoso Custom Layout CAD Engineer

There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations. It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers. Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry. Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality. Energy feeds on energy. If you flourish in a fast paced, results-oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.

Key Responsibilities • Support, integrate, and optimize industry‑standard EDA tools including Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, DRC/LVS platforms, ADE, Voltus, Quantus, Innovus, and related verification or simulation environments. • Develop and maintain technology enablement collateral such as PCells, technology files, symbols, models, and process‑specific libraries. • Implement and sustain automation for LEF/DEF, netlist, constraint, and data handoff between Virtuoso, Innovus, and other design tools. • Leverage AI‑assisted development to create and enhance automation scripts in Python, TCL, Perl, and Cadence SKILL, streamlining workflows and improving designer productivity • Debug complex issues across CAD tools, flows, libraries, and infrastructure; drive resolutions with internal teams and EDA vendors. • Evaluate EDA tools and flow quality, tune methodologies for performance and accuracy, and introduce new capabilities aligned with roadmap needs. • Collaborate closely with design, foundry, and methodology teams to identify automation opportunities and enhance overall design efficiency. • Maintain and enhance CAD infrastructure, CI/automation pipelines, and shared flow environments. • Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and high‑quality support in a global, cross‑functional engineering environment. • Utilize workflow and version control systems such as JIRA, GitHub, Perforce, and compute farm tools like LSF.

Required Skill • sStrong hands‑on experience with Cadence Virtuoso custom design environmen • tDeep understanding of custom layout and verification flow • sProficiency in SKILL, Perl, Python, and TCL scriptin • gExperience with PDK enablement, libraries, and advanced node • sKnowledge of Virtuoso–Innovus handoff flow • sFamiliarity with JIRA, GitHub, and Perforc

eGood to Hav • eSignal Integrity / Power Integrity (SIPI) experienc

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