Join Our Team at Kandou
We are a team of passionate and accomplished professionals making our mark in the semiconductor industry. At Kandou, innovation drives us, and we are an industry leader in high-speed and energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions, which are essential to the evolution of the electronics industry. We continuously develop to meet the demands of today's customers as well as those of tomorrow. If you thrive in a high-tech scale-up environment and are motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an exciting opportunity for you.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute as part of a responsive team to define and implement IC design tools, flows, and methodologies.
- Lead and support tool evaluation, selection, consensus-building, deployment, and flow development.
- Deliver training to engineering design teams.
- Collaborate with EDA/CAD vendors to resolve tool issues and assist design teams in achieving practical solutions.
- Promote company-wide alignment on design tools, flows, and methodologies.
Skills:
- Excellent programming skills: Shell, Python, Perl, Tcl, SKILL; GUI development; Make.
- Deep understanding of the chip design process, including digital, analog, and mixed-signal IC design flows.
- Proficiency in building robust EDA/CAD flows while balancing stakeholder needs.
- (Preferred) Some RTL coding; basic knowledge of SystemVerilog and VHDL.
- Ability to quickly learn, maintain, and enhance complex software design tools.
- Strong collaboration skills across EDA/CAD and engineering teams.
- Skilled at debugging issues, documenting solutions/flows, and creating clear user guides.
Experience:
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- 7+ years of experience in front-end and back-end digital design flows (e.g., netlist generation, simulation, synthesis, place & route, parasitic extraction, STA, EM/IR analysis, physical verification, DFT, ATPG).
- Experience with Cadence Voltus (or similar) and on-die power integrity (IR-drop, electromigration).
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools, methodologies, licensing, and release processes.
- Proven track record in developing code to create and improve automation tools for design engineers.
- Familiarity with software development methods, system architecture, and operating systems.
- Strong data management experience (e.g., Git, Cliosoft) for multi-project/multi-discipline flows and database tagging.
- Experience in implementing and adhering to processes required for quality certification.
If this sounds like the ideal role for you and you wish to be part of a growing company with an exciting future, we would love to hear from you. Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.
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