Career Opportunities in Semiconductor Engineering Industry
The fact that semiconductors power the modern world is not an understatement. And one of the outcomes of the pandemic: The usage of electronic devices has increased exponentially. And with ever-growing demand, the number of jobs in the market is growing rapidly too.
And talking about the ASIC (Application-specific Integrated circuit) development flow:
Career Opportunities in Semiconductor Engineering
And when it comes to Career Opportunities in Semiconductor Engineering, the following table shows you the generally used job titles along with the skill expectations:
| Job Title | Skills required – Tools to learn |
| RTL Design | Xilinx ISE, Modelsim, Synopsis DC, Cadence Encounter |
| Physical Design | Aprisa, Calibre Inroute, Virtoso |
| Design Verification | Digital Electronics, Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, Coding: OOPs concepts, Verilog, System Verilog |
| Design for Test | ATPG, MBIST, Boundary Scan and JTAG, Logical Equivalence, GLS, Visual Debug |
| Analog Layout | Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsis, MG |
| Analog Design | ICs, CMOS, RF, Circuit design |
| Embedded | C programming language. Microprocessors Microcontrollers. |
As there is a huge gap between the supply and demands in the market for the engineers for the above-mentioned job profiles(And we mean demands are much higher), we recommend having theoretical knowledge along with a couple of projects of your own (internships are a plus) are enough to get you a good start in the career in the semiconductor service industry.
