SoC CAD Engineer

Job Title

SoC CAD Engineer

Role Summary

Join the SoC Construction and Budgeting CAD team to develop and maintain automated physical-design and analysis flows for advanced-node SoC projects. The role combines EDA tool integration, custom in-house automation, and end-to-end AI/ML capabilities to improve quality of results and accelerate schedules.

You will collaborate with CAD and design teams across North America, China, and India to deliver production-ready flows, vendor integrations, and AI-driven enhancements to meet timing, area, and performance targets.

Experience Level

Mid-level (Level - Mid-Career). Typical candidates have approximately 3–7 years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on CAD flow development, AI integration, and cross-team collaboration to improve SoC implementation outcomes.

• Develop methodologies and strategies to accelerate SoC design schedules.
• Implement and maintain SoC physical-design and analysis automation flows.
• Integrate ML-based optimization, predictive models, and LLM-assisted automation into CAD flows.
• Design and deploy agentic AI systems to automate multi-step design and verification tasks.
• Collaborate with EDA vendors (Synopsys, Cadence) on feature roadmaps, reference flows, and AI co-development.
• Define flow strategy and initiatives to support future node requirements.
• Regress methodology, analyze results, and deliver measurable QoR improvements.
• Work closely with design and CAD implementation teams to meet QoR metrics: timing, area, and performance.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items indicated where relevant.

• Hands-on experience in SoC physical-design implementation across multiple SoC generations.
• Strong working knowledge of Synopsys and Cadence EDA tools.
• Practical experience applying AI/ML to CAD, EDA, or hardware-design workflows.
• Experience building or using LLM-based tools, agentic AI frameworks, or AI-assisted automation pipelines (preferred).
• Expert scripting skills in Python and TCL; Perl experience required.
• Experience with Verilog/RTL and UPF for multi-clock-domain and low-power designs.
• Familiarity with distributed and cloud compute environments for flow automation (preferred).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate across time zones.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.

About the Company

Company: Advanced Micro Devices

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, USA

Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures microprocessors, graphics processors, and related technologies for a variety of computing devices. Known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, AMD's mission is to deliver high-performance computing solutions for AI, data centers, gaming, and embedded applications. They foster a collaborative, inclusive culture focused on creativity and problem-solving, aiming to drive progress and excellence in technology.