CareerPlan

Senior Circuit Methodology Engineer

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$168k2026-05-12 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, develop, and maintain circuit design and verification flows running on large-scale compute and GPU farms to support mixed-signal design and verification.

Role type

Senior IC circuit methodology engineer (infrastructure)

Builds

Compute and GPU infrastructure, automation tooling, and job scheduling flows for circuit design teams

Domain

Semiconductor / EDA / High-performance computing

Required skills

Python, Perl, job schedulers (LSF, Slurm), circuit design methodology (Cadence/Synopsys), flow debugging, automation, infrastructure management

Preferred skills

Previous circuit design experience, exposure to circuit design workloads

Technologies

Python, Perl, LSF, Slurm, Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys Custom Compiler

Responsibilities

Design and maintain circuit design/verification flows; monitor farm health and optimize throughput; bring up and release new compute/GPU resources; evaluate and qualify new infrastructure components; build automation for flow setup and resource allocation; debug complex multi-layer issues; develop documentation and training materials

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC