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.
- PDK Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate PDK EngineerIC1
- PDK EngineerIC2
- Senior PDK EngineerIC3
- Staff PDK EngineerIC4
- Principal PDK EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal PDK EngineerIC6
- Distinguished PDK EngineerIC7
- 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.
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