Digital EDA / CAD Engineer / Engineeress

Join Our Team at Kandou

At Kandou, challenges fuel our drive, and innovation is our calling. We are a team of passionate and accomplished professionals making a significant impact in the semiconductor industry. As an innovative leader in high-speed and energy-efficient chip-chip link solutions, we are committed to meeting not only the demands of today's customers but also the evolving needs of tomorrow. If you are eager to be part of a high-tech scale-up and thrive on pushing your limits while 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 timely and practical solutions.
• Contribute to company-wide alignment on design tools, flows, and methodologies.

Required Skills

• Excellent programming skills: Shell, Python, Perl, Tcl, SKILL; GUI development; Make.
• Deep understanding of the chip design process and of digital, analog, and mixed-signal IC design flows.
• Proficiency in building robust EDA/CAD flows while balancing stakeholder needs.
• Some experience in RTL coding; basic knowledge of SystemVerilog and VHDL is preferred.
• 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 Requirements

• 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 experience with industry-standard EDA tools, methodologies, licensing, and release processes.
• Proven track record of developing code to create or 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 implementing and adhering to processes required for quality certification.

Ready to Apply?

If this is the role you have been looking for and want 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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