Principal Design Automation Engineer - Onsite
MedtronicAbout the role
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
Join Medtronic’s innovative team to shape the future of advanced packaging technologies, including PCBA, Wafer Scale, and 3D integration. In this role, you’ll develop and maintain high-performance Electrical Design Automation (EDA) environments, tools, and methodologies that accelerate design cycles and improve quality, reliability, and manufacturability.
At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Develop, maintain, and document EDA environments supporting advanced packaging technologies.
- Provide direct support for design tools and methodologies, including simulation, verification, prototyping, and physical implementation.
- Guide packaging design teams from concept through production with proactive technical expertise.
- Lead the creation of new design flows, processes, and tools to improve productivity and innovation.
- Collaborate with R&D to advance state-of-the-art packaging processes.
- Deliver methodology training and support for global design teams.
- Mentor and train junior engineers to develop technical skills and best practices.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal customers and stakeholders.
- Install, upgrade, configure, and manage tool licenses.
- Integrate tool flows into the Medtronic design environment.
- Conduct Method Validations to release software for production use.
- Troubleshoot tool issues and coordinate with vendors.
- Stay ahead of EDA industry trends and adapt tools accordingly.
- Provide guidance on technical computing resources and budget input for tools and maintenance.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
- Requires a Baccalaureate degree
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
Nice to Have
- Deep knowledge of packaging technologies, design methodologies, simulation, verification, layout, and test (primarily Cadence tools).
- Proficiency in SystemVerilog and Verilog AMS.
- Working knowledge of Cadence APD+ (System Capture, layout, physical verification), Cadence PVS, and Mentor Calibre LVS, xRC, DRC.
- Proficiency in Linux and Windows operating systems.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a customer-focused mindset.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
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