Product Engineer - Mask Defect Management

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Siemens EDA is a global technology leader in Electronic Design Automation software. Our software tools enable companies around the world to develop highly innovative electronic products faster and more cost-effectively. Our customers use our tools to push the boundaries of technology and physics to deliver better products in the increasingly complex world of chip, board, and system design.

• Support key customer engagements such as benchmarks, feature evaluation, tool/flow deployment etc.
• Develop and deliver training materials to customers and field.
• Develop Marketing Requirement Documents (MRDs), from customer requirements and industry trends, that describe product features with sufficient detail that Software Development engineers can develop new features accurately
• Work closely with R&D, QA, and field to bring features to production, including testing and characterizing new features, filing defect reports and enhancement requests, developing materials to track and communicate development
• Promote MDM products by creating marketing materials that characterize new features, write application notes, and conference papers to communicate new feature flows to customers, field, and industry.
• Travel to customer sites when required to provide technical support and to receive customer feedback. Participate in and sometimes lead telecom meetings with customers and/or with internal Siemens' personnel.
• Develop an understanding of the markets Siemens EDA products serve by doing literature research and by attending technical conferences.
• Develop test cases and test methodology to test existing and new product functionality and to troubleshoot problems or failures identified with internal testing or by customers.

• Technical Skills (Must have) :

• Familiarity with VLSI design or tape-out flows
• Excellent know-how of basic statistical analysis and data handling/management.
• Strong analytical problem solving and debugging skills.
• Demonstrated ability or willingness to work in a matrixed and cross-functional environmen

• Technical Skills (Desirable):

• Experience with Calibre DRC/MDP/MPC/OPC/MDM tools (or similar tools from other EDA companies)
• Domain knowledge in one or more of the following: optics, photolithography, electron beam lithography, electronic design automation, photomask or wafer inspection and metrology, semiconductor manufacturing processes
• Experience working in Linux distributed computing environments and Cloud
• Strong interest in IC Design, Verification and the technologies required to enhance the resolution and performance of lithography and manufacturing process of masks and wafers through data manipulations
• Experience with layout processing tools used for geometry processing and related scripting/programming environments Experience with customer engagement and project leadership
• General Skills: Organized and Proactive working style, Ability to perform under time pressures, Excellent presentation and communication skills, Self-driven and self-motivated, Able to implement technical solutions independently, Relationship building capabilities, Team player
• Academic Qualifications: Master's degree or foreign academic equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field OR Bachelor's degree or foreign academic equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and five (5) years of progressive experience in a related occupation
• Position requires academic or industry experience in the following: EDA with emphasis on semi OPC/MPC/MDP/MDM; C/C++, Python, TCL, MATLAB or any high-level programming language; LINUX operating system along with shell scripting; Digital Image Processing; and Integrated Circuit Design skills.