CAD Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal CAD Engineer based in India.

• Architect, develop, deploy, and maintain scalable CAD flows covering synthesis, physical design, static timing analysis, low-power verification, physical verification, and signoff.
• Drive CAD methodology and automation improvements that increase design productivity, improve quality of results (QoR), reduce runtime, and enhance flow scalability.
• Partner with frontend, physical design, DFT, verification, and implementation teams to understand requirements and address flow deployment challenges.
• Debug complex CAD flow, EDA tool, infrastructure, and project-execution issues, identifying root causes and implementing robust solutions.
• Integrate, evaluate, and qualify new EDA tool releases, technologies, and methodologies for advanced semiconductor process nodes.
• Develop automation scripts, regression environments, dashboards, monitoring systems, and supporting infrastructure for reliable flow execution.
• Collaborate with EDA vendors and foundry partners on technology enablement, tool qualification, methodology development, and issue resolution.
• Establish and maintain CAD methodologies, documentation, standards, and best practices across engineering teams.
• Evaluate opportunities to improve distributed computing, workload management, and infrastructure utilization.
• Mentor CAD and engineering team members, provide technical guidance, and promote effective development and deployment practices.
• Contribute to successful tape-outs by ensuring CAD infrastructure and implementation methodologies are stable, scalable, and aligned with project requirements.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, VLSI, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of professional experience in CAD engineering, physical design methodology, EDA flow development, or a closely related semiconductor engineering field.
• Strong expertise in ASIC/SoC implementation flows, including synthesis, place and route, STA, physical verification, and low-power methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tool suites from vendors such as Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens EDA.
• Strong programming and automation skills using Tcl, Python, Perl, and Shell scripting.
• Experience developing and maintaining regression frameworks and working with distributed computing environments and engineering infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of flow automation, methodology development, tool integration, and implementation challenges across complex SoC designs.
• Excellent debugging and analytical capabilities, with the ability to investigate complex technical problems and drive issues through resolution.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience, with the ability to establish standards and influence engineering methodologies.
• Experience with cloud-enabled EDA infrastructure and workload management systems is a plus.
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven CAD optimization methodologies is desirable.
• Knowledge of advanced process nodes such as 5nm/3nm and multi-die or chiplet-oriented design flows is advantageous.
• A strong ownership mindset, bias for action, and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced engineering environment.

• Fully remote work opportunity within India.
• Opportunity to work on advanced semiconductor and AI/HPC infrastructure technologies.
• High level of technical ownership and influence over CAD methodologies and engineering practices.
• Exposure to complex ASIC/SoC implementation challenges and advanced technology nodes.
• Collaboration with experienced engineering teams and external EDA and foundry partners.
• Opportunity to mentor engineers and shape scalable engineering standards and best practices.
• Fast-moving environment with limited bureaucracy and strong emphasis on technical excellence and execution.
• Opportunity to contribute to real silicon programs and high-impact semiconductor products.
• Professional growth through challenging technical projects spanning CAD, physical design, automation, and infrastructure.