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Company
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, TSMC
Location
Taiwan
Job Type
Engineer / Admin
Employment Type
Regular
Posted
Jul 09, 2024
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 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.
Job Responsibilities
At the beginning of new module research, IC design engineers and R&D engineers would closely cooperate with customers.

Once the new module technologies are developed, we could accomplish the goal of massive production and have customers’ new product launch in a short time. At TSMC, you will have the opportunity to work with the most advanced module technologies, provide solutions to partners in the global IC design ecosystem, and ensure competitiveness in power, performance, and area.

1. Physical Designer

The principal responsibility of the candidate is to perform complete netlist to GDS physical design steps which include floor plan, PNR, timing closure, IR/EM analysis, layout verification, formal verification, and other tape out related tasks. The candidate will work in a talented team to design advanced chips using cutting-edge process nodes while meeting high standard design requirements.

2. Standard Cell Engineer

(1) Pathfinding of library characterization for leading edge tech nodes.
(2) Support industrial standard library kits generation and QC.
(3) In-house library generation flow and/or utility development.
(4) RC parasitic extraction analysis and APR related analysis.

3. Layout Engineer

(1) IC layout for advanced technology (Std. cell/Memory/AMS/IO).
(2) Layout structure development for new technology.
(3) Pathfinding for new technology development.
(4) Customer engagement and layout support.
(5) Design and technology co-optimization (DTCO).
(6) AI and automation for layout and physical design.

4. System and Chip Design Solutions Development


5. FE design & DFT

(1) Test chips development for advanced nodes, including physical design (APR), logic synthesis and DFT (Scan insertion + ATPG).
(2) Design flow development for test chips design, which requires the programming skills, Tcl, Python, C-shell scripting etc.
(3) Technology benchmarking for PPA evaluation of the advanced nodes.
(4) DTCO (Design & Technology Co-Optimization) pathfinding and development.

6. SRAM Engineer

(1) SRAM design in advanced nodes for mobile, high-performance computing, IoT, automotive applications.
(2) RRAM/MRAM, emerging memory development.
(3) In memory computing research and development.

7. Design Flow/Methodology

(1) Advanced technology process design kits (PDK) and tech files (DRC, LVS, RC, etc.) development and technical support.
(2) Advanced technology design development flow development and technical support.
(3) Automation program development to support design kits and flow development productivity/quality.
Job Qualifications
1. Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
2. Strong proficiency in speaking and writing English.
3. Thorough understanding of place and route flow.
4. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
5. Self-motivated and possess excellent team spirit.

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.