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You will be responsible for providing direct technical support for corporate CAD tools and flows used at national. This is an opportunity to work for a world leading organisation in silicon innovation, developing technologies, products and initiatives.

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior CAD Support Engineer to join CAD Support Design Services Team in the UK. You will provide EDA/CAD Design Tool and Design Kit support to the Silicon Design Engineering Teams (largely Cadence based including Synopsys) for layout/verification and front-end simulation/design capture of mixed signal designs using a range of processes. In this role, the engineer will work both independently and collaboratively with other CAD support team members in central CAD group and with corporate R&D to address customer issues and bugs. There will also be a requirement for the successful candidate to travel to European sites and U.S.

The successful candidate will possess the following: Degree (2.2 or above) in Computing, Electronics or Physics and be educated to level or equivalent in one of these areas

Experience in CAD support environment would be an advantage
Appreciation of semiconductor design

Appreciation of IC fabrication/processing

Proficiency in investigating and troubleshooting EDA/CAD ( e.g. tool usage problems

Experience in a any one programming languages would be an advantage (Cadence Skill, Verilog/VerilogA, AHDL, C, PHP)

Proficiency in a UNIX/Linux operating system

Proficiency with Cadence IC Design tools
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Familiarity with physical verification techniques (DRC, LVS) would be an advantage

Familiarity with the IC Design process

Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools

Good communication skills

In this position you will work a 40 hour week, 08:30-17:00, Monday - Friday. It will offer the following benefits: annual holiday entitlement will be 29 days, plus 4 statutory days. You will be eligible for immediate entry to the NSUK Group Pension Plan, plus Free Life Assurance. You will also be eligible to apply for entry to the private health care plan and the stock purchase plan. The company also operates a success sharing plan for all eligible employees, which is directly related to the performance of the company. A competitive salary will be offered.

About the Company

National Semiconductor is the premier analog company driving the information age. Combining real-world analog and state-of-the-art digital technology, the company is focused on analog-based semiconductor products, which include stand-alone devices and subsystems in the areas of power management, imaging, display drivers, audio, amplifiers and data conversion. With headquarters in Santa Clara, California, National reported sales of $1.93 billion for its most recent fiscal year.