Senior ASIC CAD Engineer — High-Performance Hardware

Draper; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace flexibility

Employee clubs (photography to yoga)

Health and finance workshops

Off site social events

Discounts to local museums

Job summary

Draper in Cambridge, MA seeks an ASIC CAD Engineer to partner with Digital, Analog and Mixed‑Signal teams. On-site work is expected; proficiency with Cadence and Siemens EDA tools, GitLab, CI/CD, SOS, scripting, EDA flow automation, and Linux familiarity is required.

The role requires a bachelor’s in Engineering, 5–7 years (or 3–5 with a Master’s, or 0–2 with a PhD) in ASIC hardware engineering. U.S. base salary ranges from $82,300 to $220,000 and includes benefits.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field. Masters degree preferred.
• Requires 5-7 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, or 3-5 years of experience with a master's degree, or 0-2 years of experience with a PhD in ASIC Hardware Engineering or related.

Responsibilities

• Design and simulate circuits at transistor-level to implement architecture and requirement specifications
• Contribute to system-level design
• Optimize hardware designs for performance, power, and cost
• Evaluate the hardware feasibility of complex algorithms and requirements
• Independently contribute to complex chip architectures and designs
• Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements
• Contribute to business development and proposal activities
• Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers
• Perform or guide physical layout, including floor-planning, and simulate circuits using extracted parasitics.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

IC design

Semiconductors

Design specs

Team management

Communication

Mathematics

Organization

Time management

Analytical

Problem solving

Task prioritization

Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Cadence

Siemens EDA

Gitlab

CI/CD

EDA flow automation

Job description

Draper in Cambridge, MA seeks an ASIC CAD Engineer to partner with Digital, Analog and Mixed‑Signal teams. On-site work is expected; proficiency with Cadence and Siemens EDA tools, GitLab, CI/CD, SOS, scripting, EDA flow automation, and Linux familiarity is required.

The role requires a bachelor’s in Engineering, 5–7 years (or 3–5 with a Master’s, or 0–2 with a PhD) in ASIC hardware engineering. U.S. base salary ranges from $82,300 to $220,000 and includes benefits.