Lead CAD & Design Enablement Engineer

About the Company

OLIX is building the next generation of AI infrastructure. The OLIX Decode Accelerator 1 (DX-1) is the first accelerator architected specifically for decode, utilizing rack-scale co-design of logic, data movement, packaging, optics, and interconnect to achieve a step change in system-level performance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for CAD, EDA, and design environment support for digital and analog teams
• Maintain, enhance, and troubleshoot design, verification, implementation, analog, and signoff flows
• Develop and maintain automation, scripting, and infrastructure solutions to improve productivity
• Diagnose and resolve EDA tool, licensing, and workflow issues
• Partner with digital design, verification, physical design, and analog teams to improve methodologies
• Evaluate and deploy new EDA tool releases and best practices
• Work with EDA vendors to drive issue resolution and influence tool capabilities
• Collaborate with IT to maintain high-performance computing environments for EDA workloads
• Monitor and optimize compute, storage, network, and licensing resources
• Create documentation and training materials for design tools
• Manage external CAD contractors and service providers
• Lead internal and external resources to execute CAD roadmap initiatives

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in semiconductor CAD, EDA, or silicon infrastructure
• Strong understanding of digital and/or analog IC design flows
• Hands-on experience with Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens EDA (Mentor), or Ansys
• Proficiency in Python, Tcl, Shell, or Perl
• Experience with Linux/Unix and distributed compute environments
• Knowledge of EDA license management and job scheduling systems
• Experience managing external contractors or offshore resources
• Strong project management and communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Meaningful stock options
• Annual Living-Local Bonus for residents within 20 minutes of the office
• Employer-contributed retirement plans