Principal Physical Design CAD Engineer (GenAI)

Location: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel; other location: Israel

Company

hirify.global develops rack-scale AI infrastructure and semiconductor connectivity solutions based on CXL, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe, and UALink technologies, supported by its COSMOS software suite.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, and improve physical design CAD flows and methodologies using industry-standard EDA tools.
• Build automation infrastructure for implementation, analysis, reporting, debugging, and large-scale design flows.
• Support synthesis, floorplanning, placement, clock-tree synthesis, routing, timing closure, power optimization, physical verification, and signoff readiness.
• Create scripts and utilities that improve productivity, result quality, and flow robustness.
• Support and enhance Synopsys Fusion Compiler-based flows.
• Explore and integrate GenAI solutions for debugging, repetitive-task automation, reporting, and engineering productivity.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in physical design, CAD, or implementation methodology.
• Strong understanding of digital physical design, including synthesis, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, and physical verification.
• Hands-on experience with Synopsys Fusion Compiler.
• Experience with Tcl and Python scripting.
• Ability to develop automation around EDA tools and large-scale design flows.
• Understanding of timing, power, congestion, floorplanning, and QoR analysis.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple engineering teams and support complex design environments.
• Motivation to learn and apply GenAI technologies in semiconductor design flows.

Nice to have

• Experience with PrimeTime, StarRC, ICC2, Innovus, Voltus, RedHawk, Calibre, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of STA, low-power design, UPF, EM/IR, extraction, or signoff flows.
• Experience building dashboards, regression systems, flow checkers, or automated report analyzers.
• Familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, AI agents, or GenAI-based coding and debugging tools.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, databases, or cloud-based compute environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Join a strategic R&D center in Israel developing semiconductor chips for large-scale AI infrastructure.
• Work as a foundational member of a new site with meaningful technical ownership.
• The company encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.