Newcastle Upon Tyne
PDK Engineer | GaN / Compound Semiconductors | SC-Eligible North East England | On-site - 1-2 days home working | Competitive + Bonus + Relocation This is a new position for a PDK Engineer to take ownership and strengthen the link between fabrication, device physics, and MMIC design. You'd be joining a leading compound semiconductor company expanding its GaN technology platforms. It's a hands-on role in a manufacturing-led environment, where process maturity is still evolving and PDKs are tightly coupled to yield, reliability, and RF performance, not just compliance. The role • Develop, release, and maintain PDKs for GaN and compound semiconductor MMIC processes -DRC and LVS decks -Parameterised cells (PCells) • Translate process and device constraints (thermal, breakdown, trapping, reliability) into practical design rules, • Work closely with Process and Device Engineering to reflect real wafer behaviour in PDK releases, • Support designers with layout and model related issues impacting RF and power performance, • Maintain documentation, version control, and formal release flows, • Support new process introductions and technology qualification activity, • Track process changes and ensure downstream design flows remain valid, • Automate checks, flows, and validation using scripting where appropriate Key knowledge and experience • Degree in Electronics, Physics, Materials, or similar, • Experience working with EDA layout environments and verification flows, • Scripting skills (Python, SKILL, Tcl, or similar), • Understanding of semiconductor fabrication and design-for-manufacture principles, • Comfortable working with evolving processes and imperfect datasets, • Exposure to RF, MMIC, GaN, or other III–V technologies is strongly beneficial, • Experience with silicon PDKs is relevant, but candidates must be open to more process-driven design rules What’s on offer • Competitive salary with relocation support, • Long-term investment strategy in GaN and RF technology platforms, • High levels of technical ownership and impact, • Good progression with-in a scaling company