CAD/EDA Infrastructure Engineer for ASIC HPC & CI

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 231,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a CAD Engineer to build and sustain compute and design infrastructure for the Custom ASIC Silicon (CAS) team. This role enables high-performance design environments and supports engineering teams delivering cutting-edge semiconductor work.

You will manage EDA licenses, configure HPC and storage, and implement CI pipelines for hardware design flows, ensuring scalable, reliable compute resources across the CAS organization.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in CAD/EDA infrastructure or semiconductor design environments.
• Experience managing compute infrastructure for semiconductor or ASIC design teams.
• Familiarity with EDA license server management (e.g., FlexLM/FlexNet)
• Strong scripting skills (Python, shell, Perl, or Tcl)
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, Perforce) in a hardware design context
• Knowledge of Linux-based HPC environments.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain compute infrastructure supporting CAS design and verification activities.
• Configure and manage EDA tool environments and license servers for the CAS engineering team.
• Support the deployment of HPC clusters and storage systems for large-scale simulation and verification workloads.
• Implement continuous integration systems for design validation within the CAS flow.
• Monitor compute resource utilization and provide capacity planning recommendations.
• Manage EDA tool access, licensing, and version control across the CAS team.
• Collaborate with IT and infrastructure teams to optimize on-premise and cloud-based design environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues impacting design team productivity.
• Develop and document infrastructure best practices and SOPs for the CAS organization.

Skills

CAD/EDA infra

Compute infrastructure

Scripting

Version control

Linux HPC

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering / CS

Tools

FlexLM/FlexNet

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a CAD Engineer to build and sustain compute and design infrastructure for the Custom ASIC Silicon (CAS) team. This role enables high-performance design environments and supports engineering teams delivering cutting-edge semiconductor work.

You will manage EDA licenses, configure HPC and storage, and implement CI pipelines for hardware design flows, ensuring scalable, reliable compute resources across the CAS organization.