RFIC EDA Engineer — Advanced Silicon Flows

InvestedintheMission; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond is seeking an EDA Engineer (RFIC Engineering) to support RFIC and silicon design environments, focusing on tool reliability, PDK usage, and workflow automation. You will collaborate with design teams, IT, foundries, and vendors to triage production issues and improve methodologies.

The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving, scripting, and maintaining documentation across Linux workflows, with opportunities to work on AI-assisted log triage and flow improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
• 2+ years of experience in EDA/CAD support, IC design flow development, silicon design, physical verification, verification infrastructure, and/or CAD automation.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day EDA/CAD workflows for RFIC and silicon engineering teams, including tool launch, environment setup, PDK usage, simulation, physical verification, extraction, and related Linux workflows
• Support analog/RF/mixed-signal specific flows (Virtuoso, Spectre, EM tools, etc.) in addition to digital and physical verification flows
• Assist with PDK installation, qualification, version tracking, release notes, and deployment support for supported foundry processes
• Triage DRC, LVS, PEX, simulation, EM, license, HPC, and environment issues using reproducible debug practices: command, log path, tool version, PDK version, run directory, expected result, actual result, and reproduce status
• Maintain and improve tool launch wrappers, setup scripts, environment modules, path configuration, project templates, and onboarding material
• Build lightweight automation in Python, Tcl, SKILL, shell, Perl, Makefile, or similar languages for log collection, preflight checks, license/tool health checks, regression reporting, and recurring issue reduction
• Create and run targeted QA tests for PDK updates, tool upgrades, wrapper changes, vendor patches, and flow changes before broad deployment
• Maintain clear runbooks and Confluence documentation for common EDA flows, including DRC/LVS/PEX debug, Cadence/Virtuoso setup, simulation setup, HPC job submission, license issues, and common user errors
• Partner with design, layout, verification, physical design, IT/HPC, foundry, and EDA vendor teams to resolve blocked flows and improve methodology robustness
• Identify recurring support patterns and help convert one-off fixes into durable flow changes, documentation, automation, or vendor/IT escalations
• Support configuration-management and data-management workflows, such as Perforce, Cliosoft, or similar systems, as needed for silicon design teams
• Contribute to modern EDA workflow improvements, including AI‑assisted log triage, rule‑deck validation, issue classification, signoff reporting, and designer self-service tools under senior guidance

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso/Spectre

Siemens Calibre

Synopsys/Cadence digital tools

Keysight ADS

EMX/HFSS

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond is seeking an EDA Engineer (RFIC Engineering) to support RFIC and silicon design environments, focusing on tool reliability, PDK usage, and workflow automation. You will collaborate with design teams, IT, foundries, and vendors to triage production issues and improve methodologies.

The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving, scripting, and maintaining documentation across Linux workflows, with opportunities to work on AI-assisted log triage and flow improvements.