Sr Design Automation Engineer, Simulation - Boise, ID - Main Site, United States
Originally posted 24 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves supporting design verification flow development, optimization, and implementation for complex analog and digital circuits.
What you'll do
- Work with memory design teams to address daily challenges and provide future solutions.
- Develop scalable software systems.
- Evaluate and implement new tools and technologies to improve software flows.
- Collaborate with EDA vendors to evaluate and integrate EDA tools in CAD flows.
- Lead agentic flow implementation using AI-assisted and automated workflows, applying copilot-based assistants, agentic AI flows, and rule-aware automation to circuit simulation & verification.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers.
What you'll need
- 5+ years industry experience.
- Experience in analog circuit simulation flows.
- Expertise in circuit simulation debugging with knowledge of circuit design and simulation methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with Finesim, Primesim, XA, Spectre, VCS, or Xcelium circuit simulators.
- Hands-on experience with Cadence custom IC Virtuoso platform, Virtuoso-L, Virtuoso-XL, schematic capture, or Synopsys custom compiler or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Develop and deploy AI-enabled methodologies for circuit simulation flows.
- Hands-on with Python/Perl Object Oriented Programming.
- Knowledge of Linux, LSF, shell scripting, TCL scripting, SKILL (Cadence) language.
- Knowledge of parasitic extraction tools like StarRC/Quantus.
- Experience in EM/IR & STA (Static Timing Analysis).
- Experience in AI/ML.
Skills: Design Automation, circuit simulation flows, EDA vendors, CAD flows, AI-assisted and automated workflows
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 85-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
683
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Median days open
85 d
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Median salary
$197k
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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 (683 roles · 74 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 41 | 683 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 75 | 1417 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 103 d | 85 d (+18 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $197k |
Skills observed across this category: Design Automation, circuit simulation flows, EDA vendors, CAD flows, AI-assisted and automated workflows
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 171 open roles · median 147 d
- Synopsys · 57 open roles · median 61 d
- NVIDIA · 45 open roles · median 76 d
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 39 open roles · median 104 d
- Qualcomm · 37 open roles · median 65 d
- Intel Corporation · 26 open roles · median 25 d
How we counted: 683 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 74 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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.