Engineering & Technology
VLSI / Semiconductor Engineer
Designs and verifies integrated circuits and chips.
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What this career is
VLSI engineering covers the design, verification and physical implementation of very large scale integrated circuits used in electronic products.
- Typical education pathway
- B.E./B.Tech in Electronics or ECE, commonly with M.Tech in VLSI
What professionals typically do
- Design digital or analogue circuit blocks
- Write and run verification testbenches
- Work on synthesis, timing and physical design
- Debug silicon and pre-silicon issues
Typical education pathways
- B.E./B.Tech in Electronics and Communication or Electrical Engineering
- M.Tech in VLSI design, microelectronics or embedded systems
Important skills
- Digital design
- HDL (Verilog/VHDL)
- Verification
- Semiconductor physics
Suitable student interests
- Electronics
- Precision work
- Physics
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