Senior EDA/CAD Engineer — Automation & Design

PSI Quantum; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

PsiQuantum is seeking a highly motivated CAD Engineer with a strong EE background to join the Electronic‑IC team. The candidate will work on circuits, layouts and VLSI design, write automation in Perl, Python and Cadence SKILL, and support both development and production design environments.

The role involves maintaining design environments, tools and PDKs, while collaborating with foundries and vendors to enable breakthrough silicon process technologies.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering with 3+ or 5+ years of experience respectively.
• A basic understanding of MOSFET device behavior, CMOS layout and VLSI design.
• Excellent programming, debugging and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with version control and design data management systems.
• Experience with Perl, Cadence SKILL and Python.
• Great communication skills.
• Passionate about providing excellent support for end‑users.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support design databases, data integrity and version control systems (e.g. IC Manage, Cliosoft, or similar).
• Install, configure and support foundry PDKs.
• Develop automation using Perl, Python and Cadence SKILL.
• Own and maintain the custom design environment used by custom schematic and mask designers.
• Support and maintain CAD tools used by IC designers, including: Virtuoso ADE, ADS and other simulation environments; HSPICE and other simulation tools; Verilog / System Verilog flows.
• Maintain and improve the cloud‑based design environment, including compute infrastructure and user workflows.
• Work with CAD tool vendors to evaluate new tools, solve bugs and improve usability.
• Develop infrastructure to support design work in new process technologies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve design environment issues to ensure high team productivity.

Skills

Programming

Debugging

Problem solving

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Python

Perl

Cadence SKILL

Communication

End-user support

Version control

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

IC Manage

Cliosoft

Cadence SKILL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

HSPICE

Virtuoso

ADS

Foundry PDKs

Job description

PsiQuantum is seeking a highly motivated CAD Engineer with a strong EE background to join the Electronic‑IC team. The candidate will work on circuits, layouts and VLSI design, write automation in Perl, Python and Cadence SKILL, and support both development and production design environments.

The role involves maintaining design environments, tools and PDKs, while collaborating with foundries and vendors to enable breakthrough silicon process technologies.