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About Intel Malaysia

Globally, Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Meanwhile in Malaysia, the company's legal name is Intel Malaysia Sdn. Berhad, manufactures and sells computer and computer peripheral equipment. The Company offers processors, chipsets, keyboards, mouse, boards, monitors, storage, and wireless products. Intel Malaysia serves customers worldwide.

Your role

About the team

The Process Design Kit (PDK) Development team within Design Enablement (DE) organization is looking for talented individuals to work in Runset, Extraction, or Custom Layout and architecture domain. At Intel, Design Enablement is one of the key pillars enabling Intel to deliver winning products in the marketplace. Your work will directly enable design teams to get to market faster with leadership products on innovative technologies.

As part of the DE/PDK group, you will join a highly motivated team of talented engineers solving challenging technical problems, enabling PDKs for Intel's most advanced process technologies, and driving PDKs towards industry-standard methods and ease of use for the end customers. The job requires partnering and leveraging domain experts across various areas of Technology Development, EDA vendors, and product design teams to develop and deliver high-quality technology collaterals, models, and enablement of EDA tools. 

Work you'll do

As PDK Development Engineer, you will be responsible for, but not limited to the following:

• Develop physical layout verification design rule checker (DRC), Layout vs Schematic (LVS), and RC extraction runsets using industry-standard EDA tools (Synopsys ICV, Siemens/Mentor Calibre, and Cadence Pegasus).
• Work with the process development teams at Intel to define specifications for DRC, LVS, and RC extraction runsets.
• Perform detailed evaluation of tool run results to validate proper tool behavior and identify root cause for any discrepancies found.
• Develop new extraction techniques to address upcoming technology features not yet handled in existing industry extraction tools and validates EDA solutions against models and measured data.
• Develop ESD/LU rule decks based on Design Rule Manual (DRM) requirements.
• Creating reliable ESD and LU design rules specifications.
• L0 or development quality assurance of custom layout EDA technology files and/or primitive libraries and other custom collateral used by industry-standard custom design and layout for various Intel process nodes.
• Develop and enhance automation software and scripts for tool regression and collateral generation, including quality checks.
• Engage with internal partners and external EDA vendors to coordinate tool feature requirements and specifications.
• Coordinate development of technology features, develop QA plans and drive test-case development working with relevant stakeholders.
• Help library teams at Intel with technology path-finding activities.
• Manage and resolve internal/external customer tickets as per guidelines. #DesignEnablement

Training & development 

Based on it's official statement, Intel provides extensive employee training and development opportunities through Intel Learning and Development (ILD), an internal training organization. In addition to job-development courses, ILD also offers a broad range of programs for enhancing personal and career growth. In fact, ILD is so popular that it offers over 7,000 courses to choose from, with the average Intel employee taking six courses per year. (source:intel.com)

Compensation & benefits

For the salary in this position, an entry-level Engineer at Intel Malaysia may earn from MYR 48,000 to MYR 60,000 per year. (source:glassdoor.com)

The employees' benefits include:

• Health Care & Insurance (Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Vision Insurance, & Dental Insurance)
• Stock Options or Equity
• Performance Bonus
• Pension Plan
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Unpaid Extended Leave
• Work from Home
• Reduced or Flexible Hours
• Vacation & Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, Bereavement Leave
• Employee Discount, Employee Assistance Program, Gym Membership
• Diversity Training, Job Training & Tuition, and Apprenticeship Program

Career progression

Although there is no explicit mention of career progression for this position, you can be assured that continuous development and career growth are a priority at Intel. A technical career at Intel might begin while you're still a student, as an intern. From there, you could graduate to the position of Junior Engineer and grow step-by-step to become a Senior Engineer, Technical Leader, Principal Engineer, and Senior Principal Engineer. (source:community.intel.com)

Work-life balance

The regular office hour starts from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Saturday and for the shift, working hours will be 12 hours (7 am to 7 pm). However, Intel applies flexible working hours as well, so you can work within flexible hours as long as the work is well delivered. Specifically, for this role, you will be eligible for Intel hybrid work model which allows you to split your time between working on-site at your assigned Intel site and off-site.

Company culture

Intel is highly rated as one of the best companies to work for. The main reasons for that achievement mainly that Intel has a good working environment, friendly colleagues, and the people here have a good culture of working together. Good management, work-life balance, and a good place to work for

About you

To apply for this role at Intel in Penang - Malaysia, you must possess the minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Experience listed below would be obtained through a combination of your schoolwork class research and or relevant previous job and or internship experiences.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor/Master/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other related Electrical Scientific STEM field.
• 6+ months of work or educational experience in at least one of the following areas: -
  • Unix/Linux operating system
  • Programming or scripting in at least one of:
    • C++, Python, Ruby Perl, Tcl, SKILL - Layout of analog, RF, or digital circuits on advanced process technology nodes -
    • CMOS device physics, process technology, and design rules

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with working in software repository management tools like Git
• Knowledge of DRC/LVS/Extraction runsets
• Knowledge in semiconductor device physics, models, parasitic extraction, and technology scaling
• Familiarity with VLSI design process, reliability verification, ESD concepts, standard cell library, and memory architectures
• Working knowledge of EDA tools (Synopsys ICV, Siemens/Mentor Calibre, Cadence Pegasus, Virtuoso or Custom Compiler, Cadence Innovus, Synopsys Fusion Compiler or Siemens Aprisa tools)

How to apply

To apply for this job, click the "Apply on employer site" button on this page. We will direct you to Intel Malaysia's official link for this vacancy. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.