RFIC EDA Engineer: Automation for Silicon Flows

InvestedintheMission; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a motivated EDA Engineer to support RFIC/IC design environments, keeping EDA tools reliable and flows reproducible. You will work with analog/RF/mixed-signal and digital silicon workflows, partnering with design and IT teams to triage issues and improve the toolchain.

The role emphasizes hands-on scripting, automation, and documentation, with opportunities to deploy lightweight automation, runbooks, and Confluence knowledge bases.

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.
• Experience with Linux and scripting for tool automation and workflow improvements.

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 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
• 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

Skills

Linux scripting

Python

Shell

Tcl

Perl

Issue triage

Automation

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 seeks a motivated EDA Engineer to support RFIC/IC design environments, keeping EDA tools reliable and flows reproducible. You will work with analog/RF/mixed-signal and digital silicon workflows, partnering with design and IT teams to triage issues and improve the toolchain.

The role emphasizes hands-on scripting, automation, and documentation, with opportunities to deploy lightweight automation, runbooks, and Confluence knowledge bases.