Job Opportunities in VLSI industry

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There are plenty of job opportunities in the semiconductor industries. To properly align your career goals and your training, you need to have a proper understanding of the job titles and job profiles that a career in VLSI has to offer. More importantly, you should know about your strengths and personal attributes and choose the right job accordingly. Here are some job opportunities and designations in the VLSI industry.

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1. Design engineer

In this designation, you are mainly responsible for design implementation. You need to be very good in technically knowledge. This job does not demand high interpersonal skills, but still, you need to be effective in communicating your ideas.


 2. Verification engineer

A Verification engineer’s job captures the verification stage of the overall chip manufacturing process. The engineer’s task is to verify the design and makes sure that the design works properly. There is always a massive demand for this position because verification does not require a fully-fledged semiconductor lab. Almost 70% of the VLSI jobs in India are in the verification department. A lot of US-based companies outsource this job to countries like India and the UK.

For this job, you need to be extremely good at programming. If you like software programming/coding/scripting, this job is right for you. You are also expected to always be in sync with the current industry trends.

 

3. CAD engineer

This job entails you to be mainly responsible for managing the license and EDA tools. You will also evaluate EDA solutions and methodologies. Additionally, you will be asked to integrate various EDA tools and develop workflows. You will work in tandem with design and design verification teams. Additionally, you will also be required to work with the EDA vendors and will be responsible for driving improvements in the work environments for other players of the SoC/Chip design team.

You need to know how to interact with others. This job demands excellent interpersonal skills. You should always update yourself on the latest technologies and methodologies.

 

4. Application engineer

This job title makes you responsible for the interface between the R&D and customers.

You need to know how to interact with others. This job demands excellent interpersonal skills and a lot of traveling. If you feel that you are a highly communicative, good presenter, good at building relationships and good at technologies, etc., you are the right candidate for this job.

 

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