EDA / CAD Engineer

Mythic Ai.Com; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Mythic is seeking an experienced CAD/EDA engineer to build a robust design environment for IC designers and related teams. You will help upgrade toolchains, manage PDKs and IPs, and shape methodology with leadership.

The role emphasizes automation, cross-vendor collaboration, and facilitating efficient design through scalable workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Strong knowledge of EDA toolchains and methodologies.
• Experience with multi-vendor tool ecosystems.
• Ability to automate flows and regression.
• Experience with license management and compute farms.

Responsibilities

• Support IC design and IT leadership with tool and infrastructure upgrades.
• Manage repositories of PDKs, IPs, and tools from multiple vendors.
• Advise design IT leadership with methodology enhancements and future planning.
• Where necessary or advantageous, develop custom tools/scripts/plug-ins that are easily adopted by users.

Skills

EDA workflow engineering

Scripting & automation

Linux/Unix administration

CI/CD pipelines

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre

Genus

Innovus

PVS/Calibre

Perforce

LSF/Grid Engine

Job description

Mythic is looking for an experienced CAD/EDA engineer to build a truly robust design environment and support multiple disciplines of IC designers. Mythic takes EDA methodology and tooling seriously, and is poised for rapid growth. You will be a critical part of making sure our foundation is strong and capable of enhancing our pace of development.

Responsibilities

• Support IC design and IT leadership with multiple tool and infrastructure upgrades
• Manage several repositories of PDKs, IPs, and multiple tools from multiple vendors
• Advise design IT leadership with methodology enhancements and future planning
• Keep up with advancements in industry tools that are relevant to our goals
• Where necessary or advantageous, develop custom tools/scripts/plug-ins that are easily adopted by users

Requirements

• Deep understanding of the Cadence tool flow is required
• Analog / Mixed-signal design tools (Virtuoso, AMS, Spectre)
• Layout/signoff (PVS/Pegasus, Calibre)
• Synthesis/APR/Physical design (Genus, Innovus / DDI)
• Revision control experience and methodology recommendations (perforce/versIC)
• Internal and external IP management
• Supporting multiple PDKs simultaneously
• Familiarity with TSMC and GF preferred
• Scripting & automation: Python, Perl, Tcl, Bash/Shell, SKILL; automating EDA flows, tool setup, regression runs, log parsing, environment configuration, and design-data processing.
• License management: FlexNet/FlexLM administration and troubleshooting, including license-server configuration, lmstat/lmutil diagnostics, feature availability, checkout failures, queueing, utilization monitoring, and vendor-daemon issues.
• EDA infrastructure support: Linux/Unix environment troubleshooting, LSF/Slurm/Grid Engine compute-farm integration, environment modules, tool-version management, and debugging interactions between EDA applications, compute infrastructure, and license servers.
• CAD flow development: Development and support of scripted flows integrating tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, Xcelium, Synopsys, or Siemens EDA with internal automation, regression, and verification infrastructure.
• Demonstrated history of solving problems for EDA users
• Nice-to-haves:
• Remote computing support experience (ETX)
• Experience supporting engineering across multiple international locations
• Some degree of sysadmin ability
• Build systems: Make/GNU Make, CMake, custom Makefile-based flows; maintaining build dependencies, environment setup, and reproducible EDA/CAD workflows.
• CI/CD & regression infrastructure: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions; developing and supporting automated regression, validation, build, and deployment pipelines for EDA tools and design flows.

At Mythic, we foster a collaborative and respectful environment where people can do their best work. We hire smart, capable individuals, provide the tools and support they need, and trust them to deliver. Our team brings a wide range of experiences and perspectives, which we see as a strength in solving hard problems together. We value professionalism, creativity, and integrity, and strive to make Mythic a place where every employee feels they belong and can contribute meaningfully.

Mythic is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. It ensures equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.