AI Silicon, Analog CAD Engineer

The role

As a Member of Technical Staff, Analog CAD Engineer, you will be a foundational member of a multi-disciplinary R&D team. You will be responsible for the full installation, configuration, and integration of specified CAD tools and Process Design Kits (PDKs) to manage an analog design environment.

What you will do

• Drive the full installation, configuration, and integration of CAD environments for analog and digital teams.
• Develop agentic AI based analog workflow to improve productivity and design quality.
• Manage the installation and version control of foundry-provided PDKs, standard cell libraries, and IO libraries.
• Setup environment variables, configuration files, and shared library structures.
• Configure schematic entry and layout editor environments.
• Create and validate scripts for the final GDSII streamout.
• Interface with foundry through the entire tapeout process.
• Help evaluate new CAD tools and manage a revision control system.
• Create comprehensive documentation detailing installation procedures and run instructions.
• Provide knowledge transfer to the internal design team.

Required qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of industry experience in analog or mixed-signal CAD engineering and EDA tool administration.
• Expertise in installing and validating foundry-provided PDKs and standard cell libraries.
• Deep understanding of schematic, layout, and simulation setup across different process corners and temperatures.
• Proficiency in setting up and debugging backend verification rule decks (DRC, LVS, ERC) for advanced nodes.
• Strong scripting skills in Tcl, Python, or Perl to automate design flows and data analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience creating automated flows bridging Verilog RTL, synthesis, and physical layout back into an analog design environment.
• Experience administering EDA tools deployed in SaaS or cloud compute environments, optimizing license allocation and job scheduling.
• Familiarity with the state of the art AI tools to accelerate chip design.

Benefits

• Best-in-class health benefits
• 401k matching
• Truly unlimited PTO
• Complimentary meals in our Mountain View office

About the company

Unconventional is rethinking computing from the ground up to build a new foundation for AI that is 1000x more efficient by exploiting the rich physics of semiconductors.