Senior CAD Engineer, ASIC Development Infrastructure, RTL Design
KGSJob Title
Senior CAD Engineer, ASIC Development Infrastructure, RTL Design
Role Summary
Senior CAD Engineer on an ASIC development team responsible for building and maintaining RTL-to-GDSII tool flows and infrastructure. The role supports Design, Verification, Physical Design, Emulation, and IT teams to enable reliable, automated semiconductor design workflows.
Experience Level
Senior — typically 5+ years supporting CAD infrastructure for ASIC development.
Responsibilities
Own, deploy, and improve the ASIC tool flows and related infrastructure to accelerate and stabilize chip design work.
- Design and maintain RTL-to-GDSII flows: RTL generation, simulation, synthesis, place & route, timing analysis, DRC/LVS, and sign-off.
- Deploy and configure vendor EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor/Siemens) across compute infrastructure.
- Develop automation, CI/CD pipelines, and regression systems to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
- Troubleshoot tool failures; engage vendors to resolve bugs, performance issues, and licensing problems.
- Work with IT to optimize compute and storage for engineering workloads.
- Create and maintain documentation, flow methodologies, and best practices.
- Apply AI-assisted tools to accelerate troubleshooting and monitoring of design flows.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience required to perform the role; preferred items noted separately.
- Must-have: Proficiency in Python and Embedded C.
- Must-have: Experience with version control systems and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
- Must-have: Ability to write and understand Verilog and SystemVerilog.
- Must-have: Experience deploying and supporting ASIC tools (simulation, synthesis, place & route, license management).
- Must-have: Proven experience leading technical initiatives and delivering key engineering infrastructure.
- Must-have: 5+ years building and supporting CAD infrastructure for ASIC development.
- Nice-to-have: RTL coding and debug experience; performance, power, and area analysis.
- Nice-to-have: Familiarity with additional scripting (bash), dashboarding tools, and documentation automation.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required. A Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field is preferred. The posting references degrees in technical/engineering fields but does not state an explicit equivalency clause.
About the Company
Company: KGS
KGS is a government and commercial contracting firm that provides engineering, technical, and staffing solutions, often supporting aerospace, defense, and IT projects for federal and industry customers.
