Senior Field Application Engineer - CMOS Image Sensor

About Silvaco, Inc.

For over four decades, Silvaco, based in Silicon Valley, California and with global locations around the world has solved semiconductor design challenges by offering affordable and competitive TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design) software, EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software, proven design IP (intellectual property), and world class support to engineers and researchers across the globe. Silvaco solutions span from atoms to systems: starting with simulation of material behavior impacting semiconductor devices, to design and analysis of transistor circuits, and lastly providing IP blocks for systems-on-chip (SoC) designs. Our solutions are deployed in production flows across broad industry segments such as leading display companies, automotive OEM suppliers, and top Memory, 5G, and IoT (internet of things) providers.

Silvaco is seeking an experienced engineer in CMOS Image Sensor Technology. Uses technical knowledge of Silvaco product offerings and basic understanding of the customers’ technical workflow and objectives to advise customers in their simulation efforts and address their technical obstacles. In so doing, they work as a partner to the sales teams to understand technical values and tradeoffs to our solutions as perceived by the customer and help determine account strategy for continued growth.

Works closely with key customers to gain insight into their technical roadmaps and immediate challenges to recommend the best matching solution Silvaco can offer. Understand customers’ success criteria and jointly implement evaluation plans to demonstrate and validate Silvaco’s solution. Collaborate and provide input to sales plans and proposals for accuracy, completeness, and enhance Silvaco’s technical differentiation. Drafts technical collateral that helps people better understand the technology and differentiation of Silvaco solutions.

Provides training and instructions to customers to reduce their friction in adopting and using Silvaco tools while gaining additional understanding of the customers’ application. Collaborates with customers’ implementation teams to troubleshoot problems and develop solutions and propose additional features, modules, and/or products based on customers’ requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; include but not limited to:

• Working with users of Silvaco tools to

  • Capture and isolate potential technical issues and suggesting workarounds or alternate approaches to relieve the problem and/or raising the issues to business unit as bug reports.

  • Understanding customer workflow and representing user-defined needs and feedback into business units

  • Optimizing customers’ experience with Silvaco tools by promoting configuration improvements and/or incorporating new features and capabilities

• Working with applicable customer departments and functions to assure Silvaco products are properly installed and help validate the installations.

• Making technical presentations for products, use cases and support status update to customers. Supporting sales effort by articulating technical value propositions, as well as demonstrating prototypes and product features

• Generating ideas for configuration and workflow improvements based on obstacles customers face in their work

• Documenting evaluation plans and customer support cases in SalesForce CRM

• Keeping up with advancements in key applications and workflow implementation

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

Minimum Requirements:

• Master's Degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics Engineering, Solid State Physics, or semiconductor related academic program

• More than 5 years of industry experience

  • Must have demonstrated experience in Semiconductor manufacturing, R&D, and/or integrated circuit design processes

  • Must have demonstrated experience in CMOS Image Sensor manufacturing, R&D and/or IP design processes.

• Must have demonstration of design, modeling, and/or simulation tool usage as part of academic coursework, applied research, and industry work experience

• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

• Intellectually inquisitive with creative problem-solving skills

• Persistence in tracking complex problems and projects with minimal oversight

• The ability to prioritize activities and deliver projects on time and within budget

Preferred requirements:

• Experience in remote work team environment preferred

• Application-specific experience

  • CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) manufacturing, device operation including TCAD Process and device simulation

  • Experience in CIS mask design, FSI/BSI architecture, pinned/non-pinned potodiode process and device simulation

  • Experience and understanding of 3T, 4T CIS architecture, Rolling/Global Shutter paradigm, modelling 1D/2D stitching

  • Experience in optoelectronics, process and device simulation

  • Experience in process design & mask design for CIS application

  • Experience in CIS PDKs.

• Tool category experience

  • Commercial TCAD Tools (Silvaco or 3rd Party)

  • Statistical tools and methods (e.g. JMP, minitab, etc.)

  • Python scripting

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $[ ] to [ ]. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location, and the range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, role-related knowledge and skills, depth of experience, relevant education or training, and additional role-related considerations.

Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commission, or other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

At Silvaco, we do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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