Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing AI-powered solutions to enhance semiconductor verification productivity, focusing on building intelligent tools and agents that automate engineering workflows.
What you'll do
- Develop AI-powered verification assistants and engineering agents.
- Build automation flows for verification.
- Apply RAG and AI agents to verification workflows.
- Develop tools for verification planning, testplan analysis, coverage gap identification, regression result analysis, debug assistance, and verification knowledge search and summarization.
- Integrate AI solutions with existing EDA tools and verification environments.
- Evaluate and benchmark emerging AI technologies for semiconductor engineering applications.
What you'll need
- BS/MS student in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or related fields.
- Strong programming skills in Python.
- Familiarity with machine learning, LLMs, or Generative AI technologies.
- Experience with software development and debugging.
- Basic understanding of SoC design and verification, digital IC design, or semiconductor development processes.
Skills: AI-powered verification assistants, automation flows, RAG and AI agents, EDA tools, verification environments
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 54-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · AI EDA Design
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Open roles in category
51
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$205k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (51 roles · 21 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 12 | 51 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 43 | 1414 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 41 d | 54 d (−13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $205k |
Skills observed across this category: AI-powered verification assistants, automation flows, RAG and AI agents, EDA tools, verification environments
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors (this employer) · 11 open roles · median 48 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 6 open roles · median 30 d
- NVIDIA · 5 open roles · median 62 d
- Qualcomm · 4 open roles · median 50 d
- Micron Technology · 3 open roles · median 138 d
- Synopsys · 3 open roles · median 35 d
How we counted: 51 open EDA/CAD Engineering (AI EDA Design) roles from 21 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.