EDA & CAD Engineer

The role

The EDA & CAD Manager will build and manage a design environment supporting multiple IC design disciplines. This role involves owning EDA methodology, CAD flows, design infrastructure, tool administration, and automation.

What you will do

• Support IC design and IT leadership with EDA tool upgrades, infrastructure improvements, and methodology enhancements.
• Manage repositories for PDKs, internal and external IP, design data, and tools.
• Advise design and IT leadership on future planning, EDA methodology, and infrastructure investments.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain custom tools, scripts, automation, and plug-ins.
• Support CAD flows integrating tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, Pegasus, Genus, Innovus, Xcelium, Synopsys IC compiler, Siemens EDA, and Calibre.
• Maintain and troubleshoot EDA infrastructure including Linux and Unix environments, compute-farm integration, and license servers.
• Build and support automated regression, validation, build, and deployment pipelines.
• Stay current with advancements in EDA tools, CAD methodologies, and design infrastructure.

Required qualifications

• Deep understanding of Cadence/Synopsys tool flows, including analog and mixed-signal design tools such as Virtuoso, AMS, and Spectre.
• Hands-on experience with layout and signoff tools such as PVS, Pegasus, and Calibre.
• Hands-on experience with synthesis, APR, and physical design tools such as Genus, Innovus and Fusion Compiler.
• Experience supporting multiple PDKs simultaneously.
• Strong experience with revision control, repository administration, and methodology recommendations using systems such as Perforce, VersIC, Git, or similar tools.
• Experience managing internal and external IP, design data, PDK releases, and tool environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Perl, Tcl, Bash/Shell, and SKILL.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting FlexNet/FlexLM license environments.
• Strong Linux and Unix troubleshooting skills, including LSF, Slurm, or Grid Engine compute-farm integration.
• Demonstrated history of solving complex problems for EDA users and improving design environments.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Intel, TSMC and GlobalFoundries PDKs
• Experience supporting remote computing environments such as ETX
• Experience supporting engineering teams across multiple international locations
• Some degree of systems administration ability across Linux, storage, compute, and engineering infrastructure environments
• Experience with build systems such as Make, GNU Make, CMake, and custom Makefile-based flows
• Experience with CI/CD and regression infrastructure such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
• Professional development opportunities and certification support
• Access to cutting-edge technology and cloud platforms
• Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams

About the company

Lumilens is building photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing. It is a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield.