Senior EDA/CAD Engineer - Analog & Digital Flows

Kandou AI; Saint-Sulpice; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kandou is seeking an experienced EDA/CAD Engineer to manage and automate the integrated analog/digital EDA environment across Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens Calibre toolchains. You will support, install, and optimize flows for simulation, parasitics, and verification at advanced technology nodes.

The role requires strong scripting, multi-project flow setup, and collaboration with design teams. Based in Switzerland (St-Sulpice) or other locations, with global collaboration across RnD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 10+ years in an EDA/CAD engineering supporting both analog and digital IC design teams.
• Hands-on expertise with Cadence Virtuoso Schematic/Layout, ADE, Spectre/APS/AFS; Physical Verification with Calibre/PEGASUS; Parasitic Extraction with Quantus; Digital Implementation with Design Compiler, IC Compiler II, and Innovus.
• Proven experience at advanced technology nodes and associated PDKs; knowledge of tool licensing, revision control, and release management.
• Deep data management experience (Git, Cliosoft) enabling multi-project flow and tagging.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain an integrated analog/digital EDA environment, including installation, configuration, and support of Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens Calibre/AFS tools.
• Develop, automate, and validate robust CAD flows for simulation, physical verification, parasitic extraction, and reliability analysis.
• Provide expert guidance to analog and digital design engineers; troubleshoot tool issues; optimize design methodologies for performance and quality.
• Serve as primary technical contact with EDA vendors to resolve issues, drive bug fixes, and evaluate new tool versions/features.
• Contribute to installation, qualification, and deployment of PDKs for advanced technology nodes.
• Create and maintain clear documentation, training materials, and scripts to enable tool usage and flow adoption.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement productivity improvements in design flows.

Skills

Shell

Python

Perl

Tcl

SKILL

Digital IC design

Analog IC design

Communication

Problem solving

EDA/CAD flow

Git/CLIso

Education

Bachelor or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering/CS

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Synopsys Design Compiler

IC Compiler II

Cadence Innovus

Siemens Calibre/AFS

Cadence Pegasus

Cadence Quantus

Git

Cliosoft

Job description

Kandou is seeking an experienced EDA/CAD Engineer to manage and automate the integrated analog/digital EDA environment across Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens Calibre toolchains. You will support, install, and optimize flows for simulation, parasitics, and verification at advanced technology nodes.

The role requires strong scripting, multi-project flow setup, and collaboration with design teams. Based in Switzerland (St-Sulpice) or other locations, with global collaboration across RnD.