Lead Quality Engineer (Standard cell ,Memory)

About the Company

Cadence is seeking an experienced Foundation IP Quality Lead to drive the Product validation efforts for standard cells, IO libraries, and memory compilers across advanced nodes. This critical role ensures our IP products meet high standards in performance, manufacturability, and reliability.

About the Role

Cadence is seeking an experienced Foundation IP Quality Lead to drive the Product validation efforts for standard cells, IO libraries, and memory compilers across advanced nodes. This critical role ensures our IP products meet high standards in performance, manufacturability, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Drive quality strategies and sign-off methodologies for Foundation IP.
• Lead QA reviews, audits, and compliance for IP deliverables (Ex : Review of DRC/LVS, timing, reliability).
• Analyze silicon and customer data to improve quality processes.
• Collaborate with design, validation, and customer teams.
• Mentor engineers and advocate for quality-first practices.

Qualifications

• B.S./M.S.BE/BTECH/ME/MTECH in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 5+ years in semiconductor IP QA/design with strong foundation IP expertise.

Required Skills

• Proficiency with EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor).
• Knowledge of quality standards and silicon validation.

Preferred Skills

• Background in advanced nodes, PDKs or memory validation.
• Experience in EDA view generation and validation.

Pay range and compensation package

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