New College Grad - CAD Engineer - Richardson, TX, United States
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
Enhance CAD tools, flows, and methodologies for NAND, DRAM, and HBM memory designs.
About the role
As a New College Grad - CAD Engineer, you will develop, enhance, and debug CAD tools, flows, and methodologies. This role focuses on improving the efficiency and quality of NAND, DRAM, and HBM memory designs.
What you'll do
- Develop, enhance, and debug CAD tools, flows, and methodologies.
- Provide production support for in-house and commercial EDA tools across design, physical layout, and verification environments.
- Deliver training, documentation, and ongoing support to end users for new tools, flows, and methodologies.
- Collaborate with design teams, process teams, vendors, and customers to enable successful and timely design execution.
- Apply CAD software engineering methods and research techniques to support product development.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong programming fundamentals with experience in languages such as SKILL, Python, C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Perl, or Lisp.
- Experience working in Unix/Linux environments with proficiency in shell scripting.
- Experience in CAD engineering or a closely related field supporting semiconductor design.
- Experience applying artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning techniques.
Nice to have
- Demonstrated background in VLSI circuit design.
- Experience using IC design CAD tools for schematic capture, layout, simulation, and verification.
- Direct experience with CMOS implementation, including tradeoffs between area, speed, and power.
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled analytics, data science techniques, or machine learning approaches to enhance CAD methodologies and automation.
Skills: CAD tools, flows, methodologies, NAND, DRAM, HBM memory designs, commercial EDA tools, design, physical layout, and verification environments
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 79-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
704
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Median days open
79 d
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Median salary
$195k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Micron Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (704 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 42 | 704 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 73 | 1485 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 90 d | 79 d (+11 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Skills observed across this category: CAD tools, flows, methodologies, NAND, DRAM, HBM memory designs, commercial EDA tools, design, physical layout, and verification environments
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 163 open roles · median 162 d
- Synopsys · 59 open roles · median 36 d
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 44 open roles · median 107 d
- Qualcomm · 42 open roles · median 60 d
- NVIDIA · 41 open roles · median 73 d
- GlobalFoundries · 30 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 704 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 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.