Staff CAD Engineer, HBM - Richardson, TX, United States
Originally posted 13 October 2026 by the employer.
Apply your expertise to AI-assisted workflows for custom memory development.
About the role
As a Staff CAD Engineer specializing in HBM, you will apply expertise in IC design, layout, verification, simulation, and design automation to identify and deliver high-value solutions. This role focuses on AI-assisted workflows for custom memory development.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and deploy software, automation, and AI-assisted solutions for IC design workflows.
- Develop and enhance AI-assisted tools, agents, and automation to improve engineering productivity.
- Collaborate with worldwide design, layout, verification, and CAD teams to identify use cases for automation and AI enablement.
- Build and maintain CAD tools, workflow integrations, and supporting technical content for design teams.
- Support evaluation, qualification, deployment, and integration of EDA tools and AI-enhanced workflows.
- Explore and apply generative AI and machine learning techniques to custom IC design and design enablement challenges.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering with 6+ years of relevant experience.
- Strong programming skills in Python.
- Experience developing maintainable technical software or automation solutions.
- Familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, AI-assisted workflows, and/or agent-based automation concepts.
- Knowledge of CMOS design, custom layout, circuit verification, and semiconductor design fundamentals.
Nice to have
- Experience with custom memory design, including DDR, LPDDR, HBM, or NAND.
- Experience with physical verification flows such as Calibre DRC, LVS, or LPE.
- Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, SKILL programming, parameterized cells, or custom design environments.
- Experience with circuit simulation tools such as HSPICE or Spectre.
- Familiarity with digital verification concepts.
- Experience building developer tools, command-line utilities, workflow integrations, or plugin-based tooling.
- Familiarity with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or Scikit-learn.
- Hands-on experience applying AI/ML, LLMs, or advanced automation techniques to real engineering problems.
- Experience integrating LLM APIs or related AI capabilities into engineering tools and workflows.
- Experience working in Linux-based development with current software engineering practices.
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 78-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
688
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Median days open
78 d
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Median salary
$195k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Micron Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (688 roles · 74 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 43 | 688 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 75 | 1469 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 45 d | 78 d (−33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 153 open roles · median 168 d
- Synopsys · 65 open roles · median 38 d
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 44 open roles · median 80 d
- Qualcomm · 41 open roles · median 66 d
- NVIDIA · 39 open roles · median 79 d
- GlobalFoundries · 33 open roles · median 35 d
How we counted: 688 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 74 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.