We are looking for a talented and driven VLSI CAD Automation & DevOps Engineer to join our team. This role combines expertise in front-end automation, continuous integration, CAD tooling, and full-stack development to support and enhance our VLSI verification workflows.
What will your job look like:
Flow & CI/CD Automation
Automate RTL lint, CDC/RDC, synthesis checks (front‑end only), and UVM regression flows.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab CI) for simulation, coverage collection, and sign‑off checks.
Implement pre‑submit checks (lint, CDC) and nightly regressions with dashboards for pass/fail and coverage metrics.
EDA Tooling & CAD Enablement
Manage and integrate front‑end EDA tools (e.g., VCS, Xcelium, Questa, SpyGlass).Develop scripts to parse logs/reports (lint, CDC, coverage, simulation) and generate actionable summaries.
Maintain PDK-independent front‑end tool configurations and flow reproducibility.
Compute & Licensing
Operate and optimize compute farm schedulers (LSF/SLURM/Grid Engine) for simulation and regression jobs.
Monitor and tune license usage for front‑end tools (FlexLM/Lmx), ensuring high availability and efficiency.
Observability & Support
Build dashboards for regression health, coverage trends, and farm/license utilization.
Troubleshoot flow failures, triage environment vs. design issues, and publish runbooks for common problems.
What will your job look like:
Flow & CI/CD Automation
Automate RTL lint, CDC/RDC, synthesis checks (front‑end only), and UVM regression flows.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab CI) for simulation, coverage collection, and sign‑off checks.
Implement pre‑submit checks (lint, CDC) and nightly regressions with dashboards for pass/fail and coverage metrics.
EDA Tooling & CAD Enablement
Manage and integrate front‑end EDA tools (e.g., VCS, Xcelium, Questa, SpyGlass).Develop scripts to parse logs/reports (lint, CDC, coverage, simulation) and generate actionable summaries.
Maintain PDK-independent front‑end tool configurations and flow reproducibility.
Compute & Licensing
Operate and optimize compute farm schedulers (LSF/SLURM/Grid Engine) for simulation and regression jobs.
Monitor and tune license usage for front‑end tools (FlexLM/Lmx), ensuring high availability and efficiency.
Observability & Support
Build dashboards for regression health, coverage trends, and farm/license utilization.
Troubleshoot flow failures, triage environment vs. design issues, and publish runbooks for common problems.
Requirements:
Minimum of 7 years of proven experience in VLSI CAD
Strong Linux fundamentals; scripting in Python, Tcl, and shell.
Hands-on with CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab) for hardware verification flows.
Experience with EDA tools for RTL and DV (Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa, SpyGlass).
Familiarity with compute schedulers and license servers.
Source control expertise (Git or Perforce) and automation for code reviews.
UVM methodology and coverage analysis experience – an advantage.
Containers for EDA (Docker/Apptainer) and observability stacks (Grafana/ELK )-an advantage.
Exposure to hybrid HPC or cloud bursting for simulation workloads -an advantage.
Minimum of 7 years of proven experience in VLSI CAD
Strong Linux fundamentals; scripting in Python, Tcl, and shell.
Hands-on with CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab) for hardware verification flows.
Experience with EDA tools for RTL and DV (Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa, SpyGlass).
Familiarity with compute schedulers and license servers.
Source control expertise (Git or Perforce) and automation for code reviews.
UVM methodology and coverage analysis experience – an advantage.
Containers for EDA (Docker/Apptainer) and observability stacks (Grafana/ELK )-an advantage.
Exposure to hybrid HPC or cloud bursting for simulation workloads -an advantage.
This position is open to all candidates.
