Principal EDA Architect - Compute Infra & Data Mgmt

Renesas Electronics Corp.; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics Corp. seeks an experienced Principal EDA/CAD Engineer to provide technical leadership for global engineering compute and design-data-management environments.

The role blends hands-on CAD engineering with responsibility for Perforce/IPLM-based data management, automation, documentation and training across distributed teams. The successful candidate will work with engineering, CAD and IT teams to develop scalable solutions for managing semiconductor design environments and data

Qualifications

• Significant experience in EDA/CAD engineering, semiconductor design infrastructure or engineering compute environments.
• Strong Linux/Unix knowledge.
• Strong understanding of engineering compute, storage and data-management environments.
• Experience with Perforce Helix (P4) or comparable enterprise version-control/data-management technologies.
• Methodics IPLM or equivalent IP lifecycle-management experience.
• Experience with semiconductor EDA workflows.
• Strong Python and/or shell scripting skills.
• Experience supporting complex engineering project environments.
• Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering and IT/infrastructure organizations.
• Strong documentation and technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for engineering compute infrastructure and CAD environments.
• Support the development and evolution of globally consistent Linux-based engineering environments.
• Define requirements for compute, storage and supporting engineering infrastructure.
• Work with IT/IS and engineering teams to ensure infrastructure meets semiconductor design requirements.
• Support migration and consolidation of legacy engineering environments.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and engineering-environment issues.
• Provide technical ownership and expertise for Perforce Helix and IPLM-based design-data-management methodologies.
• Support Perforce/IPLM integration with EDA tools and engineering environments.
• Develop methodologies for IP creation, versioning, release, reuse and lifecycle management.
• Develop scalable approaches for managing both analog and digital design data.
• Define data-management best practices and help engineering projects adopt them.
• Develop and support standardized project and workspace environments.
• Support project configuration, EDA tool configuration, environment variables and Cadence setup.
• Create reusable methodologies for project creation and onboarding.
• Improve consistency between engineering projects while allowing appropriate project-specific configuration.
• Develop automation for engineering environment and data-management workflows.
• Create and maintain Python and shell-based utilities.
• Reduce manual project setup and administration through automation.
• Improve the reliability, maintainability and scalability of CAD infrastructure processes.
• Develop methodologies for migrating engineering data from legacy infrastructures.
• Support transitions from existing data-management platforms to strategic solutions based around Perforce/IPLM.
• Assist engineering teams moving projects, design data and methodologies between environments.
• Maintain appropriate support for legacy environments during transition.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, user guides and engineering best practices.
• Create and deliver training for engineering compute and design-data-management environments.
• Support onboarding of projects and engineering teams.
• Provide expert-level escalation support for complex CAD and data-management issues.
• Capture specialist knowledge in maintainable documentation and repeatable processes.
• Contribute to the roadmap for engineering compute and design-data-management infrastructure.
• Evaluate new technologies and methodologies for engineering data management.
• Work across CAD, engineering and IS organizations to establish sustainable ownership boundaries.
• Help move engineering environments toward standardized, scalable and globally supportable solutions.

Skills

EDA engineering

Linux/Unix

Python scripting

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Cross-functional

Perforce Helix

IPLM experience

EDA workflows

Automation

Shell scripting

Tools

Perforce Helix

IPLM

Cadence

Job description

Renesas Electronics Corp. seeks an experienced Principal EDA/CAD Engineer to provide technical leadership for global engineering compute and design-data-management environments.

The role blends hands-on CAD engineering with responsibility for Perforce/IPLM-based data management, automation, documentation and training across distributed teams. The successful candidate will work with engineering, CAD and IT teams to develop scalable solutions for managing semiconductor design environments and data