Principal EDA Engineer

Description

The company is looking for a principal EDA/CAD engineer to lead technical work on its global engineering compute and design-data-management environment.

The role mixes hands-on CAD engineering with ownership of compute infrastructure, Perforce/IPLM design data management, project and workspace methods, automation, documentation, training and engineering support.

You will work with engineering, CAD and infrastructure teams to build scalable ways to manage semiconductor design environments and design data for engineering teams spread across the world.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical decisions for engineering compute infrastructure and CAD environments.
• Help develop and evolve Linux-based engineering environments that stay consistent across sites.
• Define needs for compute, storage and related engineering infrastructure.
• Work with IT/IS and engineering teams so the infrastructure meets semiconductor design needs.
• Support moving and consolidating legacy engineering environments.
• Troubleshoot complicated infrastructure and engineering environment problems.
• Own Perforce Helix and IPLM design-data-management methods and serve as the expert on them.
• Support integration of Perforce/IPLM with EDA tools and engineering environments.
• Build methods for IP creation, versioning, release, reuse and lifecycle management.
• Build scalable approaches for managing analog and digital design data.
• Set data-management best practices and help engineering projects adopt them.
• Build standard project and workspace environments and support them.
• Support project setup, EDA tool configuration, environment variables and Cadence setup.
• Create reusable methods for creating projects and onboarding teams.
• Keep engineering projects consistent while allowing project-specific configuration where needed.
• Build automation for engineering environment and data-management workflows.
• Create and maintain Python and shell utilities.
• Cut manual project setup and administration through automation.
• Make CAD infrastructure processes more reliable, maintainable and scalable.
• Develop methods for migrating engineering data from legacy infrastructure.
• Help teams move from existing data-management platforms to strategic Perforce/IPLM-based solutions.
• Help engineering teams move projects, design data and methods between environments.
• Keep legacy environments adequately supported during the transition.
• Write and maintain technical documentation, user guides and engineering best practices.
• Create and deliver training on engineering compute and design-data-management environments.
• Support onboarding of projects and engineering teams.
• Handle expert-level escalations for complex CAD and data-management issues.
• Record specialist knowledge in documentation and repeatable processes that others can maintain.
• Contribute to the roadmap for engineering compute and design-data-management infrastructure.
• Evaluate new technologies and methods for engineering data management.
• Work across CAD, engineering and IS organizations to set clear, sustainable ownership boundaries.
• Help move engineering environments toward standardized, scalable and globally supportable solutions.

Requirements

• Significant experience in EDA/CAD engineering, semiconductor design infrastructure or engineering compute environments.
• Strong Linux/Unix skills.
• Strong understanding of engineering compute, storage and data-management environments.
• Experience with Perforce Helix (P4) or comparable enterprise version-control or data-management tools.
• Experience with Methodics IPLM or equivalent IP lifecycle-management tools.
• Experience with semiconductor EDA workflows.
• Strong Python and/or shell scripting skills.
• Experience supporting complex engineering project environments.
• Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering and IT/infrastructure organizations.
• Strong documentation and technical communication skills.
• Desirable: Perforce administration and architecture experience.
• Desirable: Cadence/Virtuoso knowledge.
• Desirable: Understanding of analog and digital semiconductor development flows.
• Desirable: Experience migrating from DesignSync/Synchronicity, Cliosoft/SOS or other legacy data-management platforms.
• Desirable: Experience with large-scale Linux compute environments.
• Desirable: Experience developing CAD methodology and engineering automation.
• Desirable: Experience delivering technical training to engineering teams.

Conditions

Equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered without regard to protected characteristics.

Benefits

• A competitive benefits package alongside salary; more details are provided during the hiring process.