System and Chip Design Solutions Engineer

Company: TSMC - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Location: San Jose
Posted on: November 16, 2024

Job Description:

Company Overview
Established in 1987 and headquartered in Taiwan, TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model with an exclusive focus on manufacturing its customers' products. In 2023, the company served 528 customers with 11,895 products for high performance computing, smartphones, IoT, automotive, and consumer electronics, and is the world's largest provider of logic ICs with an annual capacity of 16 million 12-inch equivalent wafers. TSMC operates fabs in Taiwan as well as manufacturing subsidiaries in Washington State, Japan, and China, and its ESMC subsidiary plans to begin construction on a fab in Germany in 2024. In Arizona, TSMC is building three fabs, with the first starting 4nm production in 2025, the second by 2028, and the third by the end of the decade.
R&D and Technology Platform
In R&D, Design and Technology Platform (DTP) provides differentiated and world-leading design solutions to enable the implementation of System on Chip (SoC) for leading AI/HPC, communication, automotive and IoT applications on TSMC's diverse silicon and packaging technology platform. We work with the world's leading SoC design teams and ecosystem experts to promote industry-leading process design kits (PDKs) and reusable design blocks for the semiconductor intellectual property core (IP), including:

• Standard cell libraries
  
• Embedded memory
  
• General-purpose input/output (GPIO)
  
• Simulation and interface IP
  
• Electronic design automation (EDA) tools and design flows for monolithic SoCs and heterogeneous 3DICs
  
  This allows us to accelerate the process of transforming innovation into silicon chips and creating revolutionary changes in daily life!
  Expected Expertise or Technical Skills
  
  
• Digital implementation concept in general. Familiar with at least one of the below design stages for digital implementation:
  
  
• System design, RTL coding, synthesis, DFT, MBIST, verification, PG network design, floorplan, place, CTS, route, timing analysis, power analysis, and physical verification.
  
• Linux operation capability.
  
  
• Scripting and/or programming skill:
  
  
• Knowledge of EDA-related algorithms is nice to have but not necessary.
  
  
  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I)
  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) reflects TSMC's core values and business philosophy and is essential for our future success. Our commitment to DE&I allows us to create an environment where every employee, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, race, ethnicity, nationality, political affiliation, or sexual orientation, can bring their unique perspective and experiences to work, enabling us to drive profitability, increase productivity, and unleash innovation.
  To strive to create a workplace that is equitable and accessible to all employees, we also provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute to our mission and provide excellent service to our global customers.
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