Summer 2024 Semiconductor Intern - Software Development

Key Skills

Algorithms, Big Data Technology, C++, Data Architecture, Linux Operating system, Python Programming, Software Development

Job Description

Summary / Role Purpose 

This engineer will join as an Intern in the Research and Development team that creates state-of-the-art software for semiconductor analysis. 

Ansys RedHawk-SC is the proven industry leader for power noise and reliability signoff for SoC designs. With a track record of thousands of designs in silicon, RedHawk-SC enables you to create high-performance SoCs that are still power efficient and reliable against thermal, electromigration (EM) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) issues for markets such as mobile, communications, high-performance computing, automotive and internet of things (IoT). 

RedHawk-SC is a next-generation solution built on Ansys SeaScape, the world's first custom-designed, big data architecture for electronic system design and simulation. SeaScape provides per-core scalability, flexible design data access, instantaneous design bring-up, MapReduce-enabled analytics and many other revolutionary capabilities. 

This internship is a 40-hour per week paid position for the Summer 2024 from May - August 2024. It is preferred that the candidate is ready to work in Austin, TX, without requiring relocation assistance by Ansys. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities 

• Learn the team’s software development processes and the problem domain.  Develop scripts to improve specific areas. 
• Diagnose and fix code problems. 
• Deliver code and scripts that meet requirements on schedule.  Ensure that code is efficient, scalable, maintainable, extensible, robust, and easy to understand. 
• Create unit, regression and/or system-level tests to thoroughly validate new features or changes. 
• Communicate clearly and work closely with manager, technical leads and other engineers to refine solutions and to describe changes that may affect others. 
• Learn and follow best practices in software engineering. 

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience 

• Progress toward BS, MS, or PhD in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field 
• Proficiency in C++ or Python 
• Knowledge of the Linux operating system  
• Strong background in data structures, algorithms, and debugging 
• Ability to learn quickly and work closely with others 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills 

Knowledge of the following areas are a plus: 

• Understanding of electronic design at gate level and/or transistor level 
• Commercial software development, including build and test automation 
• Development, debugging and optimization of systems using distributed processing 
• Parasitic extraction for advanced semiconductor nodes 
• Transistor-level simulation or analysis 
• Gate level or RTL power analysis and/or optimization 
• Physical design of integrated circuits 

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