Trainee - Electronic Design Automation in Microelectronics

About GlobalFoundries 
GlobalFoundries is a world-leading contract manufacturer for the global semiconductor industry with facilities in Dresden, Singapore, New York and Vermont (USA). Our products are used in various technical applications, e.g. mobile communications, consumer electronics, automotive and more. GlobalFoundries employs around 13,000 people worldwide, including 300 in Sofia.  
 
Our Sofia based team is enhancing GF’s scale and capabilities, while strengthening competitiveness of its specialized application solutions to further position the company for growth and value creation.  
 
Our Design and Technology Enablement teams are working on the development of a broad portfolio of semiconductor technologies ranging from 350 nm down to 12nm including FD-SOI, RF, High-Voltage and automotive applications.  
 
Introduction 
The primary mission of the EDA department is the development and verification of Design Kits for different CMOS, RFCMOS and BiCMOS processes for design and manufacturing of integrated circuits. We are sustaining a trainee program with primary purpose to introduce young talented individuals to modern EDA tools and technologies and prepare them to work as CAD engineers in the field of micro- and nano-electronics. 

• 20 h/week, aligned with university schedule 

• Monthly Scholarship 

• 1 - 1.5 years duration 

• Top office location 

Required Qualifications 

• Active student in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Automation or equivalent. 

• Good knowledge of electronic devices and semiconductor theory. 

• Some programming language background (i.e. C/C++, Perl, Python, TCL). 

 
Preferred Qualifications 

• Previous experience with CAD systems (Cadence IC, Cadence OrCAD, Protel or similar) is a plus. 

• Previous experience with circuit simulators (PSpice or similar) or mathematical software (Matlab, Mathematica) is also a plus.