Staff CAD Engineer

Job Title

Staff CAD Engineer

Role Summary

Senior CAD engineer on Marvell Central Engineering responsible for developing and maintaining place-and-route (P&R) automation and CAD platform workflows used across business units. The role leads flow development, deployment, and integration with existing CAD infrastructure.

Experience Level

Senior (Staff). Typical experience: 3–5 years related experience for Bachelor's holders; 2–3 years for Master's/PhD holders; equivalent professional experience considered.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities focus on P&R flow automation, deployment, and continuous improvement across design teams.

• Develop and maintain advanced P&R flows to meet multiple business-unit requirements.
• Deploy and support flows, including troubleshooting and updates.
• Integrate flows and tools into the overall CAD platform in collaboration with other teams.
• Design and implement automation and add-on tools for improved productivity.
• Monitor process and tool evolution and enable new technologies in execution flows.
• Document, centralize, and disseminate P&R methodology and best practices.
• Work with EDA vendors to optimize tool usage and licenses.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and professional abilities for immediate contribution.

• Recent hands-on experience with Cadence Innovus (2+ years preferred).
• Proven tape-out experience at advanced nodes (7nm or below); familiarity with FinFET, dual patterning, and ULV challenges.
• Strong scripting skills in Tcl and Python for flow development.
• Experience with revision control systems such as git.
• Demonstrated analysis, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication; able to work in cross-functional teams.
• Must be eligible to access export-controlled technology as required by U.S. export regulations.
• Nice-to-have: experience deploying flows across multiple business units or familiarity with additional EDA tools and vendor integrations.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 3–5 years of related professional experience; or a Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 2–3 years of related experience. Equivalent professional experience may be accepted in lieu of a formal degree.

About the Company

Company: Marvell Technology

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions serve as essential building blocks of the data infrastructure connecting our world, driving innovation across enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures. The company focuses on creating transformative technology that shapes the future.