Senior Staff CAD Engineer - Austin, United States
Originally posted 26 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Provide technical leadership for global engineering compute and CAD infrastructure supporting semiconductor development. The role spans Linux compute environments, engineering workspaces, LSF integration, EDA license infrastructure, and Perforce infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Architect, develop, and maintain Linux-based engineering workspaces, project provisioning mechanisms, and project configuration infrastructure. - Provide technical leadership for global EDA license-server infrastructure, developing automation for deployment, validation, auditing, and capacity monitoring. - Build robust automation for configuration generation, provisioning, and administration using Python, shell scripting, and Jenkins/CI integrations. - Partner with IT/IS teams on compute, storage, networking, and LSF batch compute architecture, capacity planning, and workload efficiency. - Deliver technical expertise, automation, and monitoring for Perforce server infrastructure used across semiconductor engineering teams. - Create infrastructure dashboards and metrics to monitor compute and license utilization, identifying capacity, performance, and reliability risks.
What you'll need
- Significant experience in EDA/CAD infrastructure engineering within semiconductor development environments. - Strong Linux/Unix expertise, including understanding of compute, storage, and network requirements for EDA workloads. - Proven scripting and automation skills in Python and shell scripting. - Experience with LSF or comparable distributed compute environments. - Experience with enterprise version-control or data-management infrastructure such as Perforce Helix and IPLM. - Experience with EDA licensing systems and FlexNet-based licensing environments. - Strong troubleshooting, root-cause-analysis, and technical documentation skills.
Skills: EDA, CAD Infrastructure, LSF, Linux, Perforce, FlexNet
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 70-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
70 d
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Median salary
$187k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (704 roles · 74 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 36 | 704 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 52 | 1530 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 5 d | 70 d (−65 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $187k |
Skills observed across this category: EDA, CAD Infrastructure, LSF, Linux, Perforce, FlexNet
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 156 open roles · median 153 d
- Synopsys · 63 open roles · median 45 d
- Micron Technology · 45 open roles · median 55 d
- GlobalFoundries · 40 open roles · median 28 d
- Qualcomm · 39 open roles · median 78 d
- Keysight Technologies · 35 open roles · median 60 d
How we counted: 704 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 74 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 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.