CAD Engineer

Job Title

CAD Engineer

Role Summary

Broadcom Central Engineering seeks a hands-on CAD Engineer to develop and support CAD tool flows for advanced process nodes. The role focuses on daily design/layout support, tool environment maintenance, and productivity utilities for chip design teams.

Experience Level

Entry-level. The role typically expects candidates with about 2+ years of relevant experience in CAD/tool support or chip design environments.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day CAD tool and layout support, develop utilities to improve productivity, and coordinate with cross-functional teams and vendors.

• Provide hands-on daily support for design and layout issues.
• Develop, maintain, and support productivity utilities and CAD tooling environments.
• Interact with EDA vendors, PDK development, and process technology teams to resolve issues.
• Create documentation and deliver hands-on training to design engineers.
• Support QA activities related to CAD tool releases, testing, and user support.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience relevant to CAD tool development and support.

• Proficient programming skills; experience automating CAD tasks and developing utilities.
• Experience with the SKILL programming language for layout environment customization.
• Creation and maintenance of CAD PDK environments, including tool installation and layout customization.
• Familiarity with EDA tools and flows for advanced chip design.
• Exposure to physical verification flows (DRC, LVS) and circuit simulation tools.
• Experience with QA flows, creating QA test cases, and developing QA infrastructure.
• User-level familiarity with common CAD tools (for example, Calibre and Virtuoso Layout).
• Strong communication, presentation, and multitasking skills with attention to detail.

Nice-to-have: experience using AI tools for code generation.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is required; the posting specifies this degree requirement plus 2+ years of relevant experience.

About the Company

Company: Broadcom

Headquarters: Irvine, California, United States

Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is known for its innovations in wireless and broadband communications, enabling a connected world.