Senior CAD/EDA Tools Engineer — Dockerized Tooling

W3Global; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Company in Redwood City is seeking a Staff CAD/EDA Tools Engineer to own the application layer of the EDA tool ecosystem, including wrapper scripts, CLI tooling, and container images. You will ensure reliable operation across open-source and commercial tools on cloud-scale workflows.

You will harden images, manage licenses, and collaborate with DevOps to deploy containerized tooling for design and verification flows, partnering with RTL, verification, and AI/ML teams to meet workflow needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software/tools engineering, and CAD/EDA infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with open-source EDA/HDL tools such as Verilator, Yosys, Icarus Verilog, or similar RTL simulation/synthesis tools.
• Strong scripting and software engineering skills in Python and Bash, including building CLI tools or wrappers around third-party software.
• Solid working knowledge of Docker: writing Dockerfiles, building and versioning images, and troubleshooting containerized environments.
• Familiarity with digital design EDA tools from Synopsys, Cadence and Siemens
• Comfortable working in Linux environments and debugging tool, build, and dependency issues independently.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and evolve wrapper scripts and CLI tooling that give a single, consistent interface across open-source EDA tools and commercial tools.
• Build, harden, and version Docker images that package EDA tools with correct dependencies and licenses, and publish them for reliable use across the team.
• Own the application layer of the EDA tool stack end-to-end: evaluate and integrate new open-source tools, and write the scripts and configuration that make them usable in real design and verification flows.
• Diagnose and fix tool compatibility issues, version drift, and build breakages across simulators, synthesis tools, and container environments.
• Support application-layer license configuration for commercial EDA tools (e.g., FlexLM-based license servers), partnering with DevOps, who own the underlying infrastructure.
• Collaborate with DevOps on how containerized tools are deployed and consumed, while owning the container image content and correctness yourself.
• Partner with RTL design, verification, and AI/ML engineers to understand workflow needs and translate them into reliable, documented tooling.
• Write clear documentation for tool usage, wrapper APIs, and container images so other engineers, and company's AI agents, can self-serve.

Skills

Scripting in Python & Bash

CLI tooling development

Software engineering for tools

Linux debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Verilator

Yosys

Icarus Verilog

Docker

Synopsys/Cadence/Siemens familiarity

Job description

Company in Redwood City is seeking a Staff CAD/EDA Tools Engineer to own the application layer of the EDA tool ecosystem, including wrapper scripts, CLI tooling, and container images. You will ensure reliable operation across open-source and commercial tools on cloud-scale workflows.

You will harden images, manage licenses, and collaborate with DevOps to deploy containerized tooling for design and verification flows, partnering with RTL, verification, and AI/ML teams to meet workflow needs.