Job Opportunity: EDA/CAD Engineer
Join Kandou, a pioneering force in the semiconductor industry, where challenges fuel our drive and innovation is our calling. We are a dedicated team of skilled professionals making significant strides in high-speed and energy-efficient chip-chip link solutions that are essential for the advancement of the electronics industry. Our commitment to continuous development ensures we meet the demands of today’s and tomorrow’s customers. If you are eager to be part of a high-tech scale-up environment and are motivated by pushing your limits while challenging the status quo, we invite you to explore this opportunity.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain an integrated analog/digital EDA environment, including installation, configuration, and support of tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys platforms, and Siemens Calibre/AFS.
- Flow development & automation: design, automate, and validate robust CAD flows for simulation, physical verification, parasitic extraction, and reliability analysis.
- Methodology support: provide expert guidance to analog and digital design engineers; troubleshoot tool issues and optimize design methodologies for performance and quality.
- Vendor management: serve as the primary technical contact with EDA vendors to resolve complex issues, drive bug fixes, and evaluate new versions/features.
- PDK installation & support: contribute to the installation, qualification, and deployment of PDKs for advanced technology nodes.
- Design enablement: create and maintain documentation, training materials, and scripts to ensure effective tool and flow usage across teams.
- Continuous improvement: proactively identify bottlenecks and implement solutions that enhance productivity, accuracy, and turnaround time.
Skills Required
- Strong programming skills in Shell, Python, Perl, Tcl, SKILL; capability to develop simple GUIs; Make-based build automation.
- Solid understanding of the entire chip-design lifecycle and digital, analog, and mixed-signal IC design flows.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and vendors.
- Outstanding problem-solving skills with the capacity to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficient in EDA/CAD flow development while balancing stakeholder needs (quality, schedule, and compute efficiency).
- Ability to quickly learn, understand, maintain, and enhance complex software design tools.
Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Over 10 years of experience in EDA/CAD engineering supporting both analog and digital IC design teams.
- Proven experience with advanced technology nodes and associated PDKs; practical knowledge of industry-standard methodologies, tool licensing, revision control, and release management.
- Hands-on expertise with key tools including Analog/RF (Cadence Virtuoso Schematic/Layout, ADE, Spectre/APS/AFS), Physical Verification (Siemens Calibre; Cadence Pegasus), Parasitic Extraction (Cadence Quantus), and Digital Implementation (Synopsys Design Compiler & IC Compiler II; Cadence Innovus).
- Deep data management experience (Git, Cliosoft) supporting consistent, flexible multi-project/multi-discipline flow setup and database tagging.
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you and you wish to be part of a dynamic 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.
For more information, visit us at www.kandou.ai and follow us on LinkedIn.