Job Description: Senior / Staff EDA-CAD Engineer
- Role Type: On-site
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Experience Level: 4 to 8 years
Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior / Staff EDA-CAD Engineer with 4 to 8 years of experience to drive our design enablement and methodology strategies. In this role, you will contribute our Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tool-Flow-Methodology eco-system across both Digital and Analog Mixed-Signal (AMS) domains. You will directly influence engineering efficiency by evaluating cutting-edge tools, integrating AI-driven workflows, and optimizing licensing costs.
Key Responsibilities
Tool Selection & Flow Optimization
- Review EDA tool offerings from major EDA vendors for efficient workflow adoption for Digital and AMS domain
- Drive informed and tactical decisions through comparative technical features and cost trade-off.
- Collaborate with functional R&D teams and external Application engineering team for setting up tools/flows with fast TAT.
Cost & License Management
- Analyze EDA license utilization metrics regularly w.r.t multiple project need/ complexity/headcount
- Optimize license counts to balance cost and availability across engineering teams.
- Formulate remix and allocation strategies for peak/non-peak usage challenges.
Next-Gen Benchmarking & AI Workflows
- Evaluate advanced EDA tools through structured benchmarking.
- Integrate AI-driven features into current design flows.
- Deploy machine learning/AI/ Agentic AI solutions for optimization problems.
Methodology & Design Collaboration
- Propose robust design methodologies in selective SOC implementation domains.
- Collaborate with design teams to remove flow bottlenecks & establish best practices.
- Co-ordinate/Lead internal technical training sessions on new flows.
Vendor Interfacing & Support
- Act as key technical interface for major EDA vendors in assigned domains.
- Drive complex technical issue resolution to closure.
- Track vendor bug fixes and feature enhancement requests.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Education: B.Tech or M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: 4–8 years of hands-on experience in EDA CAD engineering.
- Ecosystem Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of major vendor toolchains from Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens.
- Domain Expertise: Strong background in Digital (Synthesis, PnR, STA) and/or AMS (Simulation, Layout, Verification) flows.
- Automation Proficiency: Expert level scripting skills in Python, Tcl, Perl, or Shell.
- Analytics Capability: Familiarity with license monitoring software (e.g., FlexLM, OpenLM).
- Soft Skills: Strong stake-holder management, verbal and written technical communication, and cross-team collaboration abilities.
