Senior Design Automation Engineer — Reliability Verification (RV) Tools, Flows and Methodology
$149,100 - $215,925 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves senior ownership of Reliability Verification (RV) tools, flows, and methodology (TFM) for custom/analog and ASIC design styles, including block-level RV execution on live projects.
What you'll do
- Own, develop, and release RV tools, flows, and methodology for custom/analog and ASIC design styles, including flow scripts, regressions, automation, and dashboards.
- Execute block and IP-level RV runs (static and dynamic EM/IR, self-heat, peak current) on active projects; triage violations and drive fixes to closure.
- Enable RV for new process nodes and projects by intercepting foundry and technology collateral and updating flow configurations and derates.
- Provide first-line user support for the RV domain, including ticket triage, debugging, user guides, and training.
- Drive EDA vendor engagement for RV tools, including evaluations, benchmarking, bug escalation, feature requests, and roadmap influence.
- Apply AI/ML and modern scripting practice to reduce RV runtime, resource usage, and debug effort.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 6+ years of experience in IC design, physical design, or design automation (CAD).
- Hands-on Reliability Verification (EM/IR) experience.
- Production experience with Ansys Totem, Ansys RedHawk/RedHawk-SC, Cadence Voltus, or Voltus-XFi.
- Working understanding of electromigration, static and dynamic IR drop, self-heating, current density, and peak-current analysis.
- Practical experience running verification or analysis on real design databases and debugging results with designers.
- Strong programming and automation skills in Python, Tcl, and shell scripting in a Linux/LSF-style compute environment.
Skills: Reliability Verification, EM/IR analysis, Ansys Totem, Cadence Voltus, design automation
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 81-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
690
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Median days open
81 d
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Median salary
$195k
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| Metric | Altera | All employers we track in this specialty (690 roles · 74 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 690 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 27 | 1475 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 46 d | 81 d (−35 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Skills observed across this category: Reliability Verification, EM/IR analysis, Ansys Totem, Cadence Voltus, design automation
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 160 open roles · median 169 d
- Synopsys · 61 open roles · median 38 d
- Micron Technology · 42 open roles · median 91 d
- Qualcomm · 42 open roles · median 62 d
- NVIDIA · 41 open roles · median 75 d
- GlobalFoundries · 31 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 690 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 74 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.