Design Automation Engineer (TFM/EDA)
Intel CorporationJob Title
Design Automation Engineer (TFM/EDA)
Role Summary
Work on infrastructure and DevOps for semiconductor design environments within Intel Foundry. The role focuses on installing, maintaining, automating, and supporting EDA tools, PDKs, licenses, and design workflows to enable efficient front-end and back-end design to TapeOut.
Collaborate with EDA vendors, PDK/library experts, flow development, product design teams, and compute teams to ensure tools and workflows scale and meet project quality targets.
Experience Level
Mid-level. Typical experience expectations specified in the posting: Bachelor's degree +6 years, Master's +4 years, or PhD +2 years of relevant infrastructure/DevOps experience.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities support design automation, tool integration, and operational reliability for chip design flows.
- Diagnose and resolve tool and methodology issues encountered during the design path to TapeOut.
- Install, configure, and automate EDA tool suites, PDKs, license servers, and related design environment components.
- Integrate new tools and methods into existing workflows and scale adoption across teams.
- Collaborate with EDA vendors to validate tool features and troubleshoot problems.
- Partner with PDK/library and flow development teams to drive workflow improvements and physical design optimization (TFM).
- Work with compute engineering to provision and troubleshoot engineering compute capacity.
- Provide training, documentation, and support for design ramp-up activities.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills, security/citizenship requirements, and relevant hands-on experience.
- US Citizenship required; ability to obtain US Government security clearance (TS/SCI).
- Hands-on experience with front-end and back-end EDA tools, flows, and methodologies and practical debugging/problem solving.
- Experience automating installation and optimization of design environments, including PDKs, EDA tools, and license management.
- Scripting experience: Tcl, Perl, Python; familiarity with Verilog/VHDL is expected.
- Strong Linux environment experience (bash, tcsh) and general systems/DevOps practices.
- Experience working with EDA vendors, flow developers, and product teams to drive tool and workflow requirements.
- Nice-to-have: hands-on experience with foundry PDK installation, tools such as Cheetah, and deeper design automation/debugging experience.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 6+ years of hands-on infrastructure/DevOps experience, or a Master's degree with 4+ years, or a PhD with 2+ years. The posting specifies "relevant field" but does not enumerate specific majors or certifications.
About the Company
Company: Intel Corporation
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
Intel Corporation is a leading multinational technology company known for its innovative semiconductor solutions, including microprocessors, artificial intelligence accelerators, and memory products. Headquartered in the United States, Intel focuses on cutting-edge technology and a collaborative working environment, driving advancements in semiconductor manufacturing to meet global demands. The company emphasizes professional development and aims to shape the future of technology through groundbreaking designs.
