EDA Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WAIrvine, CA
Salary: $125,000–$150,000 / yr
Posted: 105 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · EDA Engineer

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The EDA Engineer (RFIC Engineering) joins the team to support and improve the IC design environment for silicon design, layout, verification, physical design, and methodology teams. This role focuses on maintaining reliable EDA tools, reproducible PDK and flow usage, and designer productivity across analog, RF, mixed-signal, and digital silicon workflows. Key responsibilities include triaging production issues, building lightweight automation, maintaining documentation, and supporting PDK installation and qualification. The engineer will utilize technologies including Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, Siemens Calibre, and Synopsys tools. Required skills include Linux proficiency and scripting in Python, Tcl, Shell, Perl, Makefile, or SKILL. The position addresses the technical challenge of ensuring robust, scalable, and automated design flows for complex satellite broadband internet hardware and integrated circuit development.

Skills

Cadence Virtuoso Spectre Siemens Calibre Python Tcl SKILL Perl Shell Makefile DRC LVS PEX RFIC IC Design Linux HPC Slurm LSF FlexNet Perforce Cliosoft EDA PDK Synthesis Power Analysis

What you'll do

Support day-to-day EDA/CAD workflows for RFIC and silicon engineering teams including tool launch and environment setup.
Manage analog/RF/mixed-signal specific flows using tools like Virtuoso and Spectre.
Handle PDK installation, qualification, version tracking, and deployment support for foundry processes.
Triage DRC, LVS, PEX, and simulation issues using reproducible debug practices.
Build lightweight automation using Python, Tcl, SKILL, or shell for log collection and regression reporting.
Create and run QA tests for PDK updates, tool upgrades, and flow changes before broad deployment.
Maintain clear runbooks and documentation for common EDA flows and user errors.
Convert recurring support issues into durable flow changes, automation, or vendor escalations.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
2+ years of experience in EDA/CAD support, IC design flow development, silicon design, physical verification, verification infrastructure, and/or CAD automation.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.
Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field (preferred).
Hands-on experience using or supporting at least one major EDA flow such as Cadence Virtuoso/Spectre, Siemens Calibre, or Synopsys/Cadence digital tools (preferred).
Practical Linux and scripting experience with Python, shell, Tcl, Perl, Makefile, SKILL, or similar languages (preferred).
Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, ADE Explorer/Assembler, Spectre, SKILL, design libraries, CDF, techfiles, or analog/RF/mixed-signal design flows (preferred).
Experience with Siemens Calibre DRC/LVS/PEX/xRC, Synopsys ICV/StarRC, Cadence Pegasus/Quantus, or related physical verification/extraction tools (preferred).

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