Siemens EDA R&D teams, located across the globe, develop disruptive semiconductor chip design CAD software, including the Analog FastSPICE™ (AFS), the world’s fastest nanometer accurate circuit verification platform. AFS is used by over 200 semiconductor companies worldwide for their toughest circuit verification challenges while designing high-speed I/Os, PLLs, ADCs/DACs, CMOS image sensors, RFICs, and embedded memory.  

This position will be part of the AFS R&D team, focused on circuit simulation.  As a key member of a highly proficient, productive, and motivated R&D team, developing industry’s leading circuit simulator, using cutting edge software development techniques, you will be offered: 

• Technical challenges to solve toughest nanometer scale circuit verification problems for the leading semiconductor companies in the world. 
• A motivating, stimulating, and rewarding work environment 
• Excellent training and growth opportunities throughout your career 
• Attractive compensation and benefits 
• A motivating, stimulating, and rewarding work environment 
• Excellent training and growth opportunities throughout your career 
• Attractive compensation and benefits 

As a member of AFS R&D team you will participate in the design and implementation of efficient algorithms using state of the art software engineering processes and development tools, with a strong emphasis on software quality; thus, adding to your industry level experience in solving tough computational complexity problems while participating in entire software development lifecycle. We are looking for a self-motivated and inspiring team player with outstanding problem-solving skills to maintain and grow the technical dominance of the AFS product. 

Responsibilities: 

• Develop new and compatibility features for the core circuit simulator. 
• Participate in the specification, architecture, design, and development of features 
• Enhance core circuit simulator, e.g., performance, accuracy, capacity, convergence. 
• Maintain and enhance compatibility with other simulators. 
• Profile and identify bottlenecks in performance of various analyses for very large circuits. 
• Improve numerical algorithms used in the core engine. 
• Debug difficult testcases with accuracy, performance, capacity, or functional issues. 
• Extend and maintain the capabilities of the AFS circuit simulator. 
• Be a force for improving development processes and product quality. 
• Work effectively with globally distributed engineering teams and the Product Validation team 

Education and Experience: 

• Minimum 7 years of proven strong background in developing efficient, high-quality software for engineering applications using numerical methods and sparse matrix techniques 
• Deep understanding of numerical methods and sparse matrix techniques 
• Working knowledge of analog electrical circuit analysis 
• Outstanding programming skills in C and C++, preferably on Linux platform
• Proficiency in memory optimization, high-performance data structures and algorithms 
• Advanced multithreading programming experience.
• Understanding of advanced computer architectures
• Solid background in object-oriented design and software engineering processes.
• Self-motivated individual with excellent problem-solving skills. 
• Strong interpersonal and excellent oral and written communication skills. 
• Highly motivated to work in globally distributed engineering environment
• M.S or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or relevant area 

• Desirable:  
• Understanding of the internal workings of a circuit simulator 
• Knowledge of Verilog-A and modeling in Verilog-A. 
• Background in semiconductor devices and their modeling
• Python programming experience 
• EDA industry level work experience