Tapeout Engineer, 2026 New College Graduate - Austin, Texas, United States of America, United States
$58,400 - $100,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Tapeout and Mask Operations Engineer with a data focus, you will partner with engineers, product owners, and data architects to build tapeout workflows and data platforms. The role combines tapeout domain expertise with data engineering, cloud architecture, and analytics across AWS-based environments.
What you'll do
- Enable scalable Electronic Design Automation (EDA) functions and execution within cloud environments. - Develop data pipelines, validation frameworks, and automation supporting tapeout execution and interactive tools using AWS services and AI/ML technologies. - Create data visualizations and tools to view EDA tool outputs to deliver process improvements and technical documentation. - Perform data analytics on tapeout processing key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive performance optimization for cloud tapeout execution. - Support customer tapeouts, mask manufacturing enablement, and Fab wafer start enablement across configuration, execution, and analytics data domains. - Support data migration, mapping, and reconciliation efforts from legacy systems into modern cloud platforms.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering, data science, or a related field with at least an overall 3.5 GPA. - Experience architecting and developing process improvement automations and KPI metrics using Python, Angular, QuickSight, and PowerApps in cloud platforms. - Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases to process tapeout and EDA data. - Knowledge of developing business process improvement tools in cloud utilizing out-of-the-box services. - Knowledge of project lifecycles, project management tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO) or JIRA, and integration pipeline tools like Bamboo, Git, and Jenkins. - Fluency in written and verbal English.
Nice to have
- Prior related internship or co-op experience. - Working knowledge or experience within the semiconductor foundry domain.
Skills: tapeout workflows, data platforms, EDA functions in a Cloud environment, data analytics on Tapeout processing, customer Tapeouts
This role has been open 114 days — well above the 72-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
72 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 | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (683 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 36 | 683 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 43 | 1464 · 110 employers |
| Median days open | 28 d | 72 d (−44 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Skills observed across this category: tapeout workflows, data platforms, EDA functions in a Cloud environment, data analytics on Tapeout processing, customer Tapeouts
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 155 open roles · median 149 d
- Synopsys · 62 open roles · median 40 d
- Micron Technology · 46 open roles · median 49 d
- Qualcomm · 37 open roles · median 73 d
- GlobalFoundries (this employer) · 36 open roles · median 28 d
- Keysight Technologies · 34 open roles · median 76 d
How we counted: 683 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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.