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CENTRALE LYON - Ingénieur informatique / EDA – Qualification d’outils, modèles et IP
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Ecully, France
Experience
3 years
Job description
An IT/EDA engineer position at the INL laboratory, responsible for qualifying EDA tools, models and IP blocks within the PHOENIX national program on integrated circuit design.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Ecully, France
- Languages
- French – fluent, English
What you'll do
- Set up, maintain and evolve the EDA design software environment for PHOENIX consortium partners (CAD, simulation, characterization, PDK, IP).
- Qualify EDA tools (commercial and open source), device models and IP blocks: define test benches, performance metrics, evaluation protocols and validation reports.
- Participate in integrating and evaluating AI-augmented EDA methods (flow optimization, model generation, automatic result analysis).
- Provide technical support to teams (installation, configuration, troubleshooting, liaison with tool vendors and local IT teams).
- Contribute to writing technical project deliverables: specification documents, qualification reports, tool and IP user guides.
- Establish good practices for version management, results traceability and flow automation (scripts, CI/CD, containerization).
- Monitor technology trends on EDA tools, IP libraries and advanced computing technologies and propose software environment evolutions.
What we're looking for
- Engineering degree, Master 2 or doctorate in computer science, microelectronics or a related field.
- Strong EDA skills (front-end and/or back-end): RTL, synthesis, P&R, extraction, simulation (SPICE, mixed-signal), PDK, characterization.
- Scripting and automation skills (Python, Shell, Make or equivalent) and ease with Linux environments.
- Strong interest in software quality and validation: tests, metrics, reproducibility, documentation.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills in a multi-site, multidisciplinary environment.
- Fluency in French and good technical English (exchanges with partners and suppliers, report writing).
Nice to have
- Desired knowledge of hardware architectures for AI, emerging technologies or chiplet design.
Your team
Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL)
Multidisciplinary micro and nanotechnologies research laboratory with around 240 people, located on the Ecully and Lyon-Tech La Doua campuses.
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About CENTRALE LYON
The Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon develops multidisciplinary technological research in micro and nanotechnologies and their applications, from materials to systems.
Key facts
- environ 240 personnes dont 120 personnels permanents
- Ecully, Lyon, France
- The laboratory relies on the Nanolyon technology platform.
- The PHOENIX program is a national project (€17M, 5 years) funded by France 2030.
- The position is in a sector covered by the protection of scientific and technical potential (PPST).
Partners & customers
CNRSCEA-LISTTIMAIRISAIETRLIP6LIRMMLAMIHIMSLab Hubert CurienLab-STICC