Senior Design Engineer (CAD & Methodology)

Bitdeer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitdeer Technologies Group is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to architect and optimize ASIC design environments, focusing on EDA flow efficiency for cryptographic ASICs. You will bridge hardware design and tool automation, elevating silicon performance.

The role emphasizes Cadence ADE/Innovus expertise, OpenROAD familiarity, and strong scripting in TCL, Python, Bash, and C/C++. This is a senior position within a cutting-edge crypto-mining hardware initiative.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of EDA tool flows and design environments required.
• Experience optimizing Cy/Analog flows across IC design.

Responsibilities

• Own, develop, and maintain digital and analog implementation flows.
• Act as SME for Cadence ADE and digital tool suites to maximize productivity.
• Drive floorplanning, placement, routing, and timing closure using Cadence Innovus/OpenROAD.
• Create and maintain automation scripts in TCL, Python, Bash, and C.
• Collaborate with analog/digital designers to resolve tool and flow issues.
• Apply Bitcoin/ASIC knowledge to tailor design constraints for cryptographic efficiency.

Skills

EDA Flow Optimization

Tool Capability Mastery

Physical Design

Automation & Scripting

Cross-Functional Collaboration

ASIC/Bitcoin knowledge

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science

Tools

Cadence ADE

Cadence Innovus

OpenROAD

TCL

Python

Bash

C/C++

Job description

About Bitdeer Technologies Group

Bitdeer is a world-leading technology company for AI and Bitcoin mining infrastructure.

Bitdeer is committed to providing comprehensive Bitcoin mining solutions for its customers and building AI computational infrastructure to support the AI revolution. Bitdeer handles complex processes involved in computing such as equipment procurement, transport logistics, data center design and construction, equipment management, and daily operations. Bitdeer also offers advanced cloud capabilities to customers with high demand for artificial intelligence.

Headquartered in Singapore, Bitdeer has deployed data centers across multiple countries, including the United States, Norway, Bhutan, and Ethiopia. To learn more, https://ir.bitdeer.com/

About the Role

We are seeking a highly specialized Senior Design Engineer with deep expertise in EDA tool capabilities and design methodologies to join our ASIC development team. In this role, you won't just be using tools to design circuits; you will be the architect of our design environment, optimizing flows, and pushing the absolute limits of our software infrastructure.

Our company engineers ultra-specialized hardware dedicated entirely to executing cryptographic hashing algorithms at extreme speeds and maximum energy efficiency. You will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between hardware design and tool automation, ensuring our specialized ASIC pipeline is perfectly tuned for next-generation cryptocurrency mining performance.

Key Responsibilities

• EDA Flow Optimization: Own, develop, and maintain advanced digital and analog implementation flows, ensuring seamless integration of EDA tools across the design lifecycle.
• Tool Capability Mastery: Act as the internal subject matter expert on Cadence ADE (Analog Design Environment) and digital implementation suites, optimizing tool configurations, variables, and features to maximize engineer productivity and silicon performance.
• Physical Design Infrastructure: Drive and refine digital implementation flows utilizing Cadence Innovus or OpenROAD, focusing on floorplanning, placement, routing, and timing closure methodologies.
• Automation & Scripting: Create, extend, and maintain robust automation scripts and internal tools using TCL, Python, BASH, and C to streamline design environments and eliminate manual bottlenecks.
• Cross-Functional Support: Partner closely with analog and digital circuit designers to troubleshoot complex tool-related anomalies, license constraints, and flow failures.
• Domain-Specific Alignment: Apply a foundational understanding of the Bitcoin ecosystem (including blockchain fundamentals and ASIC-boost protocols) to tailor design constraints and flow priorities toward cryptographic efficiency.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, backed by proven hands-on experience in the integrated circuit (IC) design industry.
• Tool Expertise (Analog): Deep, comprehensive understanding of Cadence ADE architecture, environment customization, and tool capabilities (beyond standard circuit simulation usage).
• Tool Expertise (Digital): Intimate, production-level familiarity with digital physical design tool flows, specifically Cadence Innovus or the OpenROAD framework.
• Expert Scripting & Programming: Fluency in scripting and programming languages essential to EDA automation, including TCL, Python, BASH, and C/C++.
• Domain Knowledge: Solid understanding of the Bitcoin mining ecosystem, cryptographic hashing constraints, and optimization techniques like ASIC-boost.
• Problem Solving: A methodology-driven mindset with a passion for debugging complex software-hardware interactions and optimizing massive compute pipelines.

Bitdeer is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in accordance with country, state, and local laws. Bitdeer does not discriminate against employees or applicants based on conditions such as race, colour, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital and/or parental status, religion, political opinion, nationality, ethnic background or social origin, social status, disability, age, indigenous status, and union.