Principle Engineer - CAD (Physical Verification)

FHLB Des Moines; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Principal CAD Engineer to lead advanced CAD/EDA efforts for semiconductor design automation.

You will define architectures, collaborate with design, verification, IT, and infrastructure teams, and drive productivity improvements across engineering environments. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in CAD/EDA and design automation, with strong scripting and cross-functional communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in CAD/EDA, design automation, or related fields.
• Experience with semiconductor design flows and software or scripting is required.
• Strong analytical thinking and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

Responsibilities

• Define CAD/EDA architectures, methodologies, flows, and tooling.
• Translate complex needs into scalable technical direction.
• Guide semiconductor, analog, digital, RF, PCB, ASIC, FPGA, SoC approaches.
• Integrate performance, capacity, reliability, security and risk analyses.
• Direct technical investigations, validation strategies, and release reviews.
• Drive reusable methodology, automation, observability, standardization, and productivity.
• Influence cross-functional roadmaps and coordinate deliverables.
• Provide broad technical guidance without people-management authority.

Skills

CAD/EDA

Design automation

Engineering software

Scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CAD/EDA tools

Scripting languages

Engineering software

Job description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential.

Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!

Job Description

Join the CAD Engineering team as Principal Engineer-CAD supporting semiconductor design automation, EDA/CAD flows, engineering software, verification, infrastructure, technical support, documentation, and lifecycle activities. This role is best suited for candidates with 10 or more years of relevant experience in CAD/EDA, semiconductor design flows, software or scripting, validation, compute infrastructure, or a closely related engineering area. In this role, you will define advanced CAD requirements, architectures, methodologies, and technical approaches within an approved domain, partner with design, verification, IT, infrastructure, product, test, manufacturing, vendor, and user teams, and help deliver reliable, scalable, supportable design environments and engineering-productivity improvements.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve advanced CAD/EDA architectures, methodologies, flows, tools, scripts, automation, and engineering-software solutions.
• Translate complex semiconductor-design, verification, infrastructure, product, user, and business needs into scalable technical direction.
• Guide semiconductor, analog, digital, RF, PCB, ASIC, FPGA, SoC, verification, and design-automation approaches within approved scope.
• Integrate performance, capacity, reliability, security, quality, risk, lifecycle, and technical-tradeoff analyses into decisions.
• Direct critical technical investigations, validation strategies, release-readiness reviews, and corrective actions within approved authority.
• Drive reusable methodology, automation, observability, standardization, supportability, and engineering-productivity improvements.
• Influence cross-functional roadmaps and coordinate deliverables across design, verification, IT, infrastructure, product, test, manufacturing, vendors, and users.
• Provide broad technical guidance and mentoring without implied people-management, budget, or final enterprise-decision authority.

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 10 or more years of relevant experience in semiconductor CAD/EDA, design automation, engineering software, software development, scripting, design flows, verification, compute infrastructure, technical support, or closely related equivalent experience.

Qualified candidates should demonstrate advanced analytical and strategic thinking, architecture and methodology development, structured problem solving, technical influence, decision-ready communication, documentation, cross-functional collaboration, quality focus, and the ability to guide complex CAD, EDA, software, infrastructure, verification, and semiconductor-design decisions.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with semiconductor CAD/EDA, design automation, engineering software, design-flow development, physical verification, compute or grid infrastructure, or technical support. Experience with scripting, software development, validation, regression, debugging, automation, or engineering-productivity improvement. Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Travel Time

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes

Hearing, Talking

Physical Requirements

80% sitting, 10% walking, 10% standing

Equal Opportunity

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.