Unconventional AI
AI Silicon, Analog CAD Engineer
Mountain View, CA I Remote +2 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA I Remote
Mountain View
Remote - Experience
- 10+ years of industry experience in analog or mixed-signal CAD engineering and EDA tool administration.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Establishes and manages analog and digital CAD environments, PDKs, and design flows for AI silicon development, including verification and tapeout.
What you'll do
- Install, configure, integrate, and maintain CAD tools, PDKs, and libraries; develop analog workflows using agentic AI.
- Configure schematic and layout environments, and create or validate scripts and rule decks for verification and GDSII tapeout.
- Evaluate CAD tools, manage design-library revision control, and document and train teams on design flows.
What they ask for
- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Expertise installing and validating foundry-provided PDKs and standard cell libraries; understanding of schematic, layout, and simulation setup across process corners and temperatures.
- Proficiency setting up and debugging DRC, LVS, and ERC rule decks for advanced nodes.
- Strong scripting skills in Tcl, Python, or Perl; excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience bridging Verilog RTL, synthesis, and physical layout into an analog design environment.
- Experience administering cloud or SaaS EDA tools, or familiarity with state-of-the-art AI tools for chip design.
Tools
Tcl, Python, Perl, Verilog RTL, GDSII, DRC, LVS, ERC
AI focus
Develops agentic AI-based analog workflows to improve productivity and design quality; familiarity with AI tools to accelerate chip design is preferred.
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