Tech Lead AMAT

EDA Solution Architect (Electronic Design Automation)

At Applied Materials, we are venturing into new markets created by the expanding AI Computing Era. We are looking to add a Solutions Architect with a background in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) to help us accelerate innovation in this rapidly growing critical area. As an EDA Solutions Architect, you are responsible to lead and own internal engagements on optimizing the EDA simulation workflows at Applied. You will work closely with various stakeholders with varying needs to identify the best on-premise and cloud-based HPC solutions. You play a critical role in enabling Applied to maintain its leadership role in materials engineering and capture expanding new market opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate expertise in the use of EDA design and simulation software suites such as Synopsis, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, and Ansys.
• Demonstrate expertise in Bash shell scripting and Perl script for customization of EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence).
• Gain a deep knowledge of stakeholders' design and simulation workflows and computing needs to help optimize and accelerate their workflows.
• Serve as the EDA subject matter expert (SME) in the development of on-premise and cloud-based HPC infrastructure solutions.
• Work independently to analyze technical needs, requirements, the customer's current infrastructure, operations, and workflows.
• Help stakeholders identify and leverage on-premise and cloud HPC computing resources.
• Assist new teams get up-to-speed with Applied best practices in procurement, computing, IP protection and security.
• Help stakeholders identify and adopt best practices for simulation data management.
• Lead continuous enhancement and exploratory work to design, develop, test and deploy new software and hardware solutions.
• Identify potential and emerging technologies relevant to innovation for Applied Materials.
• Understand stakeholder technical and business problem statement in detail to identify strategic alignment and optimize recourse allocation across company.
• Lead overall architectural design area of a project and solutions to address the stakeholders' business requirements.

Key Qualifications:

• B.S. in engineering, computer science, math, physics or equivalent.
• Expertise in EDA workflows for chip design such as functional verification, physical design, physical verification, static timing analysis etc.
• Know best practices and have hands-on experience with Cadence (Allegro, Virtuoso, Sigrity, etc.), Synopsys (Sentaurus, TCAD, VCS, etc.), ANSYS (HFSS, Icepack, SIwave, etc.), Mentor Graphics, and Xilinx products.
• General knowledge in high-performance computing (HPC) using at least one HPC simulation software (such as packages from ANSYS, Cadence, Synopsys, etc.).
• Ability to manage multiple projects which are complex in nature and coordinate colleagues across diverse teams and locations.

Applied Materials is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely based on their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities.