Tapeout Support Engineer

About Tata Electronics:

Tata Electronics (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd.) is building India’s first AI-enabled state-of-the-art Semiconductor Foundry. This facility will produce chips for applications such as power management IC, display drivers, microcontrollers (MCU) and high-performance computing logic, addressing the growing demand in markets such as automotive, computing and data storage, wireless communications and artificial intelligence.

Tata Electronics is a subsidiary of the Tata group. The Tata Group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with the mission 'To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long term stakeholder value creation based on leadership with Trust.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with customers to understand their design requirements and provide technical support throughout the phase.

Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve design issues such as DRC, LVS, and other verification checks to ensure successful tapeout.

Layout Design, Knowledge of layout techniques to optimize performance .

Assist in the tapeout process, ensuring all design files are correctly prepared and submitted for manufacturing.

Hands-on in relevant EDA tools like Virtuoso, Custom compiler, Calibre, PrimeTime etc

Candidate willing to travel to customer sites ad hoc.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field.

Proven experience of at least 8 years as analog chip designer/customer support.

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Hands-on in EDA tools such as Cadence, Synopsys and Mentor Graphics

Knowledge of Tapeout processes and GDS file preparation.