Staff Engineer, CAD
Core
Develop and optimize Electronic Design Automation (EDA) flows for physical layout and design of CMOS integrated circuits, specifically DRAM, to increase design team productivity.
Role type
Staff IC CAD Applications Engineer (Physical Design/Place & Route)
Builds
Production-ready place-and-route flows and design methodologies for advanced process technology nodes.
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Physical Design / EDA
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Place and route flow development, UPF implementation, STA constraint definition, timing ECO and power closure, Metal ECO for signoff, TCL scripting, UNIX environment management, EDA tool customization
Preferred skills
Perl scripting, Python scripting, AI-assisted workflows, agentic AI flows, rule-aware automation, hierarchical flow design
Technologies
ICC2, Innovus, Primetime, UPF, TCL, Perl, Python, UNIX
Responsibilities
Develop place and route flows at advanced process technology nodes for DRAM designs; Implement advanced methodologies such as hierarchical flow and process specific customizations; Work with EDA vendors to deploy latest PnR tools and resolve issues; Customize EDA tools to improve design team efficiency; Lead flows implementation using AI-assisted and automated workflows; Develop and deploy AI-enabled methodologies for semi-automated floorplanning and parasitic estimation
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic flow leadership
