Cisco CAD Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

174386589

Your Impact:

As a CAD Support Engineer, you will provide expert-level support for Synthesis and Place & Route tools and related EDA flows. You will partner closely with our design teams to ensure optimal tool performance, resolve issues, and drive methodology improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Tool Support & Optimization: Troubleshoot and support P&R tools (e.g., Innovus, Fusion Compiler), optimize settings, constraints, and flows for performance, timing closure, and power efficiency, and work with EDA vendors to resolve issues.
• Methodology Development & Automation: Develop and maintain CAD methodologies, scripts, and automation using Tcl, Python, and Shell to enhance P&R efficiency and design productivity.
• Tool Evaluation & Deployment: Assess new P&R tool releases, deploy updates while ensuring compatibility, and monitor/debug tool performance, memory, and runtime issues.
• Training & Documentation: Provide training, documentation, and best practices to design engineers for effective tool usage.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in CAD support, ASIC design, or related roles with a focus on Place & Route tools .
• Strong expertise in Innovus, Fusion Compiler, and other P&R tools.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as TCL, Python, Perl, and Shell for CAD automation.
• Experience with timing analysis, power optimization and physical verification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a proactive approach to debugging and tool optimization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.