Senior CAD Engineer: Lead Scalable ASIC Flows & Automation

TYLsemi; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TYLsemi is seeking an experienced Senior CAD Engineer to develop, deploy, and support advanced VLSI CAD methodologies and automation across RTL-to-GDS flows. You will collaborate with Physical Design, Frontend, DFT, STA, and EDA vendors to enable robust CAD infrastructure and successful tape-outs for complex SOCs.

The role emphasizes building scalable CAD flows for synthesis, physical design, STA, low-power verification, and signoff; driving automation to improve QoR and runtime; and mentoring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Engineering, VLSI, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in CAD engineering, physical design methodology, or EDA flow development.
• Strong expertise in ASIC/SoC implementation flows including synthesis, P&R, STA, physical verification, and low-power methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens EDA tool suites.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in Tcl, Python, Perl, and Shell scripting.
• Experience with distributed computing environments, regression frameworks, and infrastructure management.
• Strong debugging, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, and maintain scalable CAD flows for synthesis, physical design, STA, low-power verification, and signoff.
• Drive automation and methodology improvements to enhance design efficiency, runtime, and QoR.
• Collaborate with design, verification, DFT, and implementation teams to understand flow requirements and deployment challenges.
• Debug complex flow, tool, and infrastructure-related issues across project execution.
• Integrate and qualify new EDA tool releases and advanced node methodologies.
• Develop automation scripts, regression environments, dashboards, and flow monitoring infrastructure.
• Work with foundries and EDA vendors on technology enablement and issue resolution.
• Mentor engineers and establish CAD best practices across teams.

Skills

CAD engineering

Physical design

EDA flow development

ASIC/SoC flows

Synthesis

P&R

STA

Physical verification

Low-power methodologies

Tcl scripting

Python scripting

Perl scripting

Shell scripting

Debugging

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Engineering, VLSI, or related field

Tools

Cadence tools

Synopsys tools

Siemens EDA tool suites

Job description

TYLsemi is seeking an experienced Senior CAD Engineer to develop, deploy, and support advanced VLSI CAD methodologies and automation across RTL-to-GDS flows. You will collaborate with Physical Design, Frontend, DFT, STA, and EDA vendors to enable robust CAD infrastructure and successful tape-outs for complex SOCs.

The role emphasizes building scalable CAD flows for synthesis, physical design, STA, low-power verification, and signoff; driving automation to improve QoR and runtime; and mentoring