Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

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The Role:
As Senior RF Silicon CAD engineer you will be responsible for installing and maintaining the RFIC design environment for the Kuiper Silicon Team. This is an opportunity to define the CAD environment and design flow for upcoming new projects. You’ll advise on tools selection, and interface with various EDA tools vendors and foundries to run the EDA tools, setup PDKs, and install IPs to enable efficient development of custom silicon. You will also be responsible for maintaining the silicon data management tools used to setup tools versions, PDK, and design collateral for each individual chip project. Another key aspect to the role is to interact with the various silicon development teams to establish the right pace and priority for tools upgrades and trouble ticket resolution. In this role you will be following up with the vendors of the status of bug fixes and releases, install them on our server and have it spot tested before release to Engineering.

In this role you will:
 Work with our in-house IC design teams and corporate IT to develop, maintain and support a company-wide electronic design automation (EDA) and compute system infrastructure, focused on the RFIC team.
 Work closely with semiconductor foundries on installation, maintenance and development of Process Design Kits (PDKs).
 Work closely with the EDA tool vendors (Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys, etc.) to improve design methodology and design flow, and resolve tool bugs.
 Download, install, and maintain analog/RF front/back IP from IP vendors.
 Assist with the setup, maintenance and support of configuration management systems (e.g., Percipient, Perforce), for Linux and Windows users.
 Work with the EDA vendors on trials of new design tools, perform evaluation and provide training and guidance to the design teams.
 Work with IT on planning, installation and configuration of high-performance compute (HPC) clusters. Develop, maintain and support various scripts and tools used by designers to submit jobs to HPC scheduled clusters.
 Provide general direct user support and system administration assistance to users, within primarily a Linux computing environment, including assistance with the installation and setup of EDA software tools.
 Participate in contract negotiations with EDA tools vendors and analog/RF IP providers.
 As skills permit, work embedded with the design teams on the actual chip development and support with layout, DRC, LVS, simulations and/or circuit design tasks.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.