Senior Staff CAD Engineer (Semiconductor)

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Salary: $127,630–$191,200 per year

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor solutions for enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier data infrastructure.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain automated place-and-route flows for multiple business units.
• Implement power grids across advanced technology nodes and ensure IR drop requirements are met.
• Deploy, support, and integrate CAD flows into the broader CAD platform.
• Develop add-on tools and innovative solutions for evolving semiconductor design challenges.
• Track process and tool changes and collaborate with EDA vendors to optimize tool usage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 4+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree/PhD with 3+ years of experience; equivalent professional experience may substitute for a degree.
• At least 2 years of recent experience with Cadence Innovus.
• Experience with 5nm-or-below advanced-node tape-outs, including FinFET, dual patterning, and ultra-low-voltage challenges.
• Experience with power grid implementation and IR drop analysis.
• Understanding of timing closure, floorplanning, routability, power grid validation, clock synthesis, SI, EM/IR, complex DRC rules, power intent, and multiple power domains.
• Proficiency in Tcl scripting for flow development, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and effective communication.

Nice to have

• Experience with gate-to-gate equivalence checking, parasitic extraction, STA, physical verification, early rail analysis, and EM/IR flows.
• Experience with implementation exploration methods and EDA tool benchmarking.

Culture & Benefits

• Eligible for bonus and equity plans, including new-hire equity grants and annual equity refreshers.
• Benefits support financial well-being, family support, mental and physical health, and recognition.
• Additional offerings include an employee stock purchase plan, family support programs, mental health resources, and service awards.
• Applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled technology under U.S. regulations; some applicants may require an export license review before employment.

Hiring process

• Interviews assess individual experience, thought process, and communication skills in real time.
• AI tools, transcription applications, automated answer generators, and automated note-taking tools are prohibited during interviews.