Digital EDA / CAD Engineer / Engineeress

Join Our Team at Kandou!

Challenges are our drive, and innovation is our calling. At Kandou, we are a group of passionate and accomplished professionals making significant strides in the semiconductor industry. As an innovative leader in high-speed and energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions, we are dedicated to shaping the future of the electronics industry. We continually evolve to meet the demands of today's customers while preparing for the challenges of tomorrow. If you thrive in a high-tech scale-up environment and are motivated to push your limits and challenge 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 finding timely, practical solutions.
• Contribute to 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 and digital, analog, and mixed-signal IC design flows.
• Proficiency in building robust EDA/CAD flows while balancing stakeholder needs.
• (Preferred) Some RTL coding experience; 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 in debugging issues, documenting solutions/flows, and creating clear user guides.

Experience

• Bachelor or Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 7+ years of experience across 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 use of industry-standard EDA tools, methodologies, licensing, and release processes.
• Proven track record in developing code to create/improve automation tools for design engineers.
• Working knowledge of 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 role aligns with your aspirations and you want to be part of a growing company with a bright 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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