CAD Design Methodology Engineer: Low-Power SoC Flows

Saigepartners; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefit package

Weekly payment solutions

Job summary

Saige Partners seeks a CAD Engineering & Design Methodology Engineer to drive roadmaps for next-generation design tools, flows, and methodologies across GPU, CPU, and SoC designs. You will enable power-efficient, scalable designs and troubleshoot complex CAD flows in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires strong CAD engineering skills, end-to-end ASIC flow knowledge, and collaboration with RTL, verification, physical design, and DTCO teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in CAD engineering, design methodology, or design enablement for GPU/CPU/SoC projects.
• Strong knowledge of RTL- and gate-level power analysis, optimization, and signoff.
• Experience with major EDA platforms (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens EDA/Mentor Graph.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute technical roadmaps for CAD engineering and design enablement.
• Contribute to next-generation tools, flows, and methodologies for GPUs, CPUs, and SoCs.
• Develop robust automation solutions and troubleshoot CAD tools and flows.
• Promote consistent adoption of design best practices across teams.
• Support low-power design enablement at scale (power analysis, optimization, verification, signoff).
• Collaborate with RTL, verification, physical design, and DTCO teams.
• Partner with internal groups and external EDA vendors to improve tool readiness.
• Lead and contribute to moderate-to-complex technical projects from definition to implementation.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, scalability, and efficiency.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, methodologies, and best practices.
• Stay current with emerging GPU, ASIC, verification, power, and semiconductor design technologies.

Skills

CAD engineering

Design methodology

Low-power design

ASIC flows

EDA tools

RTL design

Synthesis

Physical design

DTCO

Power analysis

Power optimization

Power signoff

End-to-end ASIC flow

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

PrimePower

PowerArtist

Empower

Joules

RTL-Architect

Synopsys

Cadence

Siemens EDA/Mentor Graphics

RedHawk

Totem

Voltus

Job description

Saige Partners seeks a CAD Engineering & Design Methodology Engineer to drive roadmaps for next-generation design tools, flows, and methodologies across GPU, CPU, and SoC designs. You will enable power-efficient, scalable designs and troubleshoot complex CAD flows in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires strong CAD engineering skills, end-to-end ASIC flow knowledge, and collaboration with RTL, verification, physical design, and DTCO teams.