Principal Software Engineer (EDA)

Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan; full-time onsite role

Company

hirify.global Design Systems develops Innovus, a digital implementation platform for designing advanced semiconductor chips from RTL to GDSII.

What you will do

• Architect, design, implement, develop, and optimize algorithms for constrained routing and advanced bus routing.
• Drive routing solutions for complex pin-access, congestion, and multi-layer routing scenarios.
• Improve routing quality of results, runtime, scalability, and robustness.
• Analyze and solve complex algorithmic, geometry, and routing problems while delivering production-quality features.
• Collaborate with R&D and cross-functional engineering teams to define requirements and drive technical solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the long-term technical direction of routing technologies.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong expertise in C/C++, algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented software development.
• Experience developing complex, performance-critical software on Linux/UNIX platforms.
• Strong algorithmic problem-solving, debugging, and software-design skills.
• Ability to independently drive complex technical problems from definition through design, implementation, and validation.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Experience in VLSI CAD, physical design, routing, computational geometry, graph algorithms, or optimization.
• Knowledge of routing layers, tracks, vias, blockages, pin access, congestion, and design rules.
• Experience developing large-scale EDA or algorithm-intensive software systems.
• Experience with routing algorithms, constrained optimization, geometry processing, or graph-based algorithms.
• Familiarity with Tcl, Python, or Perl.
• Experience with commercial or academic place-and-route tools and physical-design flows.
• Experience providing technical leadership or mentoring engineers on complex software projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position within the Innovus R&D team.
• Work focuses on developing technology for advanced semiconductor design and solving complex technical problems.