CAD & Flow Methodology Engineer

Voltai • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

Voltai is developing world models and agents that learn, evaluate, plan, experiment, and interact with the physical world, beginning with hardware, electronics systems, and semiconductors. The CAD & Flow Methodology Engineer will build infrastructure connecting the chip design flow and own flows across frontend and backend, bridging industry EDA tools with Voltai’s AI systems.

The role involves building and maintaining design flows across RTL, synthesis, STA, place and route, and signoff; integrating commercial EDA tools with AI agents and data pipelines; and building regression, tracking, and reporting infrastructure for design and verification. The engineer will also manage EDA licenses, compute infrastructure, and job scheduling at scale, collaborate with ML researchers on large-scale design data, and support customer deployments in locked-down on-premises environments.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of CAD, flow, or methodology experience at a semiconductor or EDA company.
• Hands-on experience with major Synopsys and Cadence tools.
• Strong Python and Tcl skills, plus solid software engineering practices.
• Experience with LSF, Slurm, or similar compute farm infrastructure.
• Understanding of the full RTL-to-GDSII flow.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud or Kubernetes-based EDA infrastructure.
• Experience with open-source EDA tools such as Yosys and OpenROAD.
• Background in ML data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain design flows spanning RTL, synthesis, STA, place and route, and signoff.
• Integrate commercial EDA tools with Voltai's AI agents and data pipelines.
• Build regression, tracking, and reporting infrastructure for design and verification.
• Manage EDA licenses, compute infrastructure, and job scheduling at scale.
• Partner with ML researchers to generate and curate large-scale design data.
• Support customer deployments in locked-down on-prem environments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed