Microelectronics Design Engineer

Microelectronics Research & Design Engineer





Atlanta GA (Hybrid)





Contract-2-Hire





Job Purpose





Microelectronics expert to research and contribute to the design, synthesis, characterization, packaging, testing, reliability, security, and trustworthiness of nano-fabricated microelectronic semiconductor devices. This may include research of prototype or commercial semiconductor devices and tools, e.g., ASICs, FPGAs. This position involves close collaboration with a highly technical team of research leaders to accomplish task and program objectives, contribute technically to proposal ideation, and conceive and execute internal research efforts refining core research processes and capabilities. Responsibilities range from CAD/EDA tools development, semiconductor nano-device design, fabrication, and verification, to clean-room equipment utilization. Formal methods and other advanced algorithmic techniques will be leveraged to enable and evaluate security and trustworthiness pre and post-fabrication. The position will utilize a wide range of knowledge from semiconductor physics to micro/nano synthesis and fabrication tools, and develop novel techniques, algorithms, and tools to evaluate CAD/EDA flows, architectures, materials, and fabricated devices with new properties and features





Key Responsibilities





Utilize industry standard microelectronic design and verification tools (.e.g Vivado, Quartus, Cadence, Modelsim, OneSpin)





Apply knowledge of microelectronic circuitry and its design implementation into microelectronics hardware security techniques





Develop custom software and scripting solutions in support of microelectronic design security and analysis





May Implement software interfacing with microelectronic design EDA/CAD tools





May Implement advanced algorithms covering graph analysis, data analysis, and clustering





Utilize basic microelectronics laboratory equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, logic analyzer, optical microscopes, soldering equipment) to support design, analysis, and verification tasks





Develop and maintain familiarity with at least one of the following : Verilog, VHDL, Python, C, C++, Rust, Kotlin, or Java (or similar)





Contribute small sections to technical reports and presentations





Additional Responsibilities





Develop software or hardware infrastructure for researching security and trust mechanisms within microelectronics, PCBs, and related design flows





Required Minimum Qualifications





Significant competency in either software development (e.g., C++, RUST) or hardware development (e.g., HDL, Verilog)





Comfort working in a Linux environment





Familiarity with revision control tools, e.g, GIT





Qualifications





Active Top-Secret Clearance





Significant competency in either software development (e.g., C++, RUST) or hardware development (e.g., HDL, Verilog)





Comfort working in a Linux environment





Familiarity with revision control tools, e.g, GIT