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PDK & EDA Engineering

Deep technical IC

Career Explorer · Electronics & Semiconductor Operations · Design Enablement

Entry: PDK EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both

Individual contributor route

Technical or professional depth, without managing people.

  1. PDK Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
  2. Associate PDK EngineerIC1
  3. PDK EngineerIC2
  4. Senior PDK EngineerIC3
  5. Staff PDK EngineerIC4
  6. Principal PDK EngineerIC5
  7. Senior Principal PDK EngineerIC6
  8. Distinguished PDK EngineerIC7
  9. Fellow, PDK & EDA EngineeringIC8

Management route

Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.

This family has no management ladder.

Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; employer career sites