CAD Design Engineer

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As a design engineer in our CAD and methodology team, you will be responsible for leading and optimizing the EDA environment for the Project CAD team in the Adaptive & Embedded Computing Group (AECG). You will oversee the complete SCH‑to‑GDS flow, manage tool deployments, and drive methodology development across multiple semiconductor projects. This is an opportunity to shape the technical direction of critical IC design workflows and lead a team of skilled CAD engineers.

You will advise on tools selection, interface with various EDA tool vendors and foundries to run the EDA tools, PDKs and other files necessary for the Silicon Development Team to operate efficiently. You will be responsible for defining and creating a unified environment that sets the versions of the tools, PDK and design for every individual chip in development. Additionally, you will interact with the various Silicon development teams who will request newer versions of the tools and raise trouble tickets with CAD vendors as needed.

You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/time zones. You have strong analytical and problem‑solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

• Execute in CAD infrastructure team supporting multiple IC design projects
• Establish and maintain standardized design flows and methodologies
• Implement and support customized CAD flows for Fabric design groups
• Enable the team to meet design and development targets by working closely with external tool vendors
• Develop tool flows methodologies on digital back‑end domains, sign‑off flows for timing, power, EM/IR, DRC/LVS/DFM, etc.
• Improve engineering efficiency while improving design quality in IP release process
• Be single point contact for bugs and issues for custom and analog physical design team
• Build flow in TCL, Python to ensure quality and faster executions
• Understand different methodologies used across industry to adopt best practices
• Leverage and deploy AMD AI systems to design teams

• Proficiency in TCL, Python, PERL, or other scripting languages
• Experience with PDKs and technology enablement
• Skilled in Spice and PVT simulation environments
• Hands‑on expertise with Virtuoso‑based custom layout tools and flows
• Familiarity with Calibre extraction flows and EM/IR analysis using Totem and Redhawk
• Working knowledge of Silicon Smart, Prime Time, and Physical aspect of VLSI designs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent;
  Master’s degree preferred

• San Jose

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