Why choose PDF?

• Experience with state of the art semiconductor technology from fabs around the world
• Broad view of the semiconductor industry
• Opportunities to innovate and to quickly obtain responsibility
• High level of impact from individual contribution
• Working with other high caliber employees
• Working with ambitious, goal oriented people
• Exciting, challenging work environment in the silicon infrastructure space
• Project diversity there is always something new and different to do
• International travel, 1-2 times a year for 1-2 weeks to the headquarter in San Jose
• Potential for personal and business growth
• Patent and paper recognition
• Competitive pay, annual bonus, stock options

Education:
BS EE/CS, MS EE/CS    

Job description:

• Developing and supporting a commercial yield simulation tool
• Developing and supporting in-house tools for design, testing, and analysis of Characterization Vehicle (CV)™ test chips
• Developing and maintaining test-suites for quality assurance of the yield simulation tool
• Writing and maintaining design specification, testing specification, and user’s manual

Required skills and experience: 

• Strong C++ programming skills
• A good understanding of object-oriented design principles and advanced C++ concepts
• Excellent computer skills (UNIX/Windows)
• Basic UNIX shell scripting skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Fluent spoken and written English
• Self-motivated team player

Job desirables:  

• Semiconductor/CMOS fundamentals knowledge
• Knowledge of EDA and related programming skills
• Experience with GUI development framework, preferably QT
• Experience with scripting languages, such as Tcl, Perl
• Experience with software testing and quality assurance