Senior Design Automation Engineer, EDA/TFM

Intel Corporation; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 138,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health, retirement, and vacation

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Intel Foundry seeks an Infrastructure and DevOps Engineer to enable and optimize design environments for semiconductor development. You will install, maintain, and support design automation scripts, front-end/back-end tools, workflows, and licenses, ensuring seamless tool integration and scalable workflows across design teams.

Requirements include US citizenship, TS/SCI clearance eligibility, and 6+ years of infra/DevOps or advanced degrees with applicable experience.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain a US Government Security Clearance TS/SCI.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field with 6+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure and DevOps roles OR a Master's degree with 4+ years of experience OR a PhD with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience with front-end and back-end EDA tools, flows, and methodologies, including debugging and problem-solving. Knowledge of physical design optimization and tools flows/methodologies (TFM).
• Experience with scripting languages such as Tcl, Perl, Python, and familiarity with Verilog/VHDL.
• Expertise in Linux-based environments, including bash and tcsh.

Responsibilities

• Resolve tool/methodology issues encountered during the design path to TapeOut.
• Provide training and documentation support for design ramp-up activities.
• Collaborate with EDA providers to ensure required tool features meet project quality expectations.
• Partner closely with PDK/library experts, flow development teams, and product design teams to drive workflow improvements.
• Work with engineering compute teams to provision adequate compute capacity and troubleshoot associated issues.
• Develop automation for the installation and optimization of design environments, including PDKs, EDA tools, and licenses.
• Support the seamless integration of new tools and methods into existing workflows, ensuring scalability and adoption across design teams.

Skills

US Citizenship

TS/SCI clearance

Scripting: Tcl/Perl/Python

Linux Bash tcsh

EDA tools familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree + 6+ years OR Master + 4+ years OR PhD + 2+ years

Tools

Cheetah

Job description

Intel Foundry seeks an Infrastructure and DevOps Engineer to enable and optimize design environments for semiconductor development. You will install, maintain, and support design automation scripts, front-end/back-end tools, workflows, and licenses, ensuring seamless tool integration and scalable workflows across design teams.

Requirements include US citizenship, TS/SCI clearance eligibility, and 6+ years of infra/DevOps or advanced degrees with applicable experience.