RFIC EDA Engineer – Build Robust RFIC Flows & Tools

United States Digital Space LLC; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Comprehensive medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an EDA Engineer to support RFIC and silicon engineering teams, keeping EDA tools reliable, PDK usage reproducible, and designers productive across analog/RF/mixed‑signal and digital silicon workflows. The role focuses on tooling, workflows, and automation.

You will collaborate with design, layout, verification, IT/HPC, foundry, and vendor teams, triage issues, build runbooks, and contribute to AI‑assisted EDA workflow 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.

Skills

EDA/CAD support

IC design flow

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre

Calibre

EMX/HFSS

Perforce

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an EDA Engineer to support RFIC and silicon engineering teams, keeping EDA tools reliable, PDK usage reproducible, and designers productive across analog/RF/mixed‑signal and digital silicon workflows. The role focuses on tooling, workflows, and automation.

You will collaborate with design, layout, verification, IT/HPC, foundry, and vendor teams, triage issues, build runbooks, and contribute to AI‑assisted EDA workflow improvements.