Lead CAD & Design Enablement Engineer

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for day-to-day CAD, EDA, and design environment support for digital and analog engineering teams.
• Maintain, enhance, and troubleshoot design, verification, implementation, analog, and signoff flows across the silicon development lifecycle.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain automation, scripting, and infrastructure solutions that improve engineering productivity, design quality, and execution efficiency.
• Diagnose and resolve EDA tool, licensing, environment, and workflow issues to minimize engineering downtime and accelerate project execution.
• Partner closely with digital design, verification, physical design, analog, and systems engineering teams to understand requirements, address challenges, and continuously improve design methodologies.
• Evaluate, qualify, and deploy new EDA tool releases, methodologies, and best practices to improve team effectiveness and design quality.
• Partner with IT, infrastructure, and operations teams to develop and maintain a reliable, scalable, and high-performance computing environment that supports demanding EDA workloads.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize compute, storage, network, and licensing resources to maximize engineering productivity, improve resource utilization, and reduce infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Create and maintain documentation, training materials, and support processes that enable efficient onboarding and effective use of design tools and methodologies.
• Collaborate with IT teams on infrastructure planning, capacity forecasting, deployment of new technologies, and resolution of system-level issues impacting design and verification workflows.
• Coordinate and manage external CAD contractors and service providers, including task definition, prioritization, technical oversight, deliverable review, and quality assurance.
• Lead and coordinate a blended team of internal and external CAD resources to execute CAD roadmap initiatives, methodology improvements, and engineering support activities.
• Define and drive continuous improvement initiatives for CAD methodologies, automation frameworks, infrastructure, and engineering workflows to support organizational growth and future silicon programs.
• Contribute to long-term CAD strategy and roadmap planning, balancing immediate engineering support needs with scalable infrastructure and methodology investments.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience supporting semiconductor design teams in a CAD, EDA, design methodology, or silicon infrastructure role.
• Strong understanding of digital and/or analog IC design flows, including design entry, simulation, verification, implementation, and signoff methodologies.
• Hands-on experience administering and supporting industry-standard EDA tools from vendors such as Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens EDA (Mentor), or Ansys.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Tcl, Shell, Perl, or similar languages.
• Experience developing and maintaining engineering workflows, automation frameworks, and productivity-enhancing tools.
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems and distributed compute environments.
• Experience with EDA license management, job scheduling systems, and compute infrastructure used for semiconductor development.
• Understanding of compute, storage, networking, and infrastructure considerations for large-scale design and verification workloads.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues spanning EDA tools, design flows, infrastructure, and user environments.
• Ability to partner effectively with cross-functional engineering teams, including digital design, verification, physical design, analog, systems, and software engineers.
• Experience working with IT and infrastructure organizations to deploy, maintain, and optimize engineering computing environments.
• Experience managing external contractors, consultants, or offshore engineering resources, including technical oversight and prioritization of work.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities and support requests in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical disciplines and organizational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives and influence engineering best practices.
• Self-motivated, customer-focused, and capable of operating independently while collaborating across a broad engineering organization.

Skills

• 5+ years of experience supporting semiconductor design teams in a CAD, EDA, design methodology, or silicon infrastructure role.
• Strong understanding of digital and/or analog IC design flows, including design entry, simulation, verification, implementation, and signoff methodologies.
• Hands-on experience administering and supporting industry-standard EDA tools from vendors such as Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens EDA (Mentor), or Ansys.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Tcl, Shell, Perl, or similar languages.
• Experience developing and maintaining engineering workflows, automation frameworks, and productivity-enhancing tools.
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems and distributed compute environments.
• Experience with EDA license management, job scheduling systems, and compute infrastructure used for semiconductor development.
• Understanding of compute, storage, networking, and infrastructure considerations for large-scale design and verification workloads.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues spanning EDA tools, design flows, infrastructure, and user environments.
• Ability to partner effectively with cross-functional engineering teams, including digital design, verification, physical design, analog, systems, and software engineers.
• Experience working with IT and infrastructure organizations to deploy, maintain, and optimize engineering computing environments.
• Experience managing external contractors, consultants, or offshore engineering resources, including technical oversight and prioritization of work.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities and support requests in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical disciplines and organizational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives and influence engineering best practices.
• Self-motivated, customer-focused, and capable of operating independently while collaborating across a broad engineering organization.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: Commensurate with your experience, skills, and location
• Equity & Ownership: Meaningful stock options. You’re not just joining the mission; you’re owning a piece of it
• Proximity Bonus: We value your time. To minimise your commute and maximise your life, we offer an annual Living-Local Bonus if your residence is within 20 minutes of the office
• Retail Benefits: Employer-contributed retirement plans to help you build long-term financial security

Pay

Competitive Salary: Commensurate with your experience, skills, and location

Schedule

N/A