Senior Front-End EDA/DevOps Engineer — AI-Driven Automation

Ampere; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 226,000 - 339,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K retirement plan

Unlimited flextime

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ampere, a semiconductor design company, seeks a Sr. Principal Front-End Design Automation Engineer to drive scalable automation across RTL design, verification and EDA tooling.

You will guide tooling strategies, architect internal automation, and scale infrastructure for on‑prem and cloud environments to boost AI-enabled design productivity. You will collaborate with RTL teams, IT, and vendors, delivering end-to-end workflows and high-performance solutions with a focus on reducing cycle times

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Front-End Design Automation (EDA/DevOps) experience in semiconductors or tech hardware.
• Strong Python or Perl scripting skills.
• Solid SystemVerilog expertise with DV/UVM/Coverage/Simulation/Debug.
• Experience with IP and SoC RTL design and verification workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert tech guidance for EDA tools and Ampere flows, establishing standards and mechanisms to improve productivity.
• Collaborate with RTL design and verification teams to deploy new methods of work.
• Architect, document, deploy, and administer custom Ampere automation and services.
• Enable and support EDA tools for RTL design and verification (SystemVerilog simulation, Lint, CDC, RDC, UPF, debug).
• Partner with IT, EDA vendors, RTL teams to deliver high-performance, efficient solutions.
• Drive AI-enabled automation for design and verification to accelerate analysis and issue resolution.

Skills

Python

Perl

SystemVerilog

DV/UVM/Coverage

RTL design verification

HPC scheduling (LSF/SLURM)

Cloud Computing

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

MS in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

Git

Perforce

CI/CD

RDBMS

Job description

Ampere, a semiconductor design company, seeks a Sr. Principal Front-End Design Automation Engineer to drive scalable automation across RTL design, verification and EDA tooling.

You will guide tooling strategies, architect internal automation, and scale infrastructure for on‑prem and cloud environments to boost AI-enabled design productivity. You will collaborate with RTL teams, IT, and vendors, delivering end-to-end workflows and high-performance solutions with a focus on reducing cycle times