Design Automation Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer

Solidigm•Rancho Cordova, CA

5d•$105,440 - $164,800

About The Position

Join a multibillion-dollar global company that brings together amazing technology, people, and operational scale to become a powerhouse in the memory industry. Headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, Solidigm combines elements of an established, successful technology company with the spirit, agility, and entrepreneurial mindset of a start-up. In addition to the U.S. headquarters and other facilities in the U.S., the company has international presence in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Solidigm will continue to lead the world in innovating new Memory technologies with aspirations to be the #1 NAND memory company in the world. At Solidigm, we view problems as opportunities to define innovative solutions that hold the power to change the world and unleash the potential technological needs that the future holds. At Solidigm, we are One Team that fosters a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that embraces individual uniqueness and empowers us to bring our best selves to deliver excellence in support of Solidigm's vision and mission to be the go-to partner for optimized data storage solutions. You can be part of the takeoff of an innovative business that develops cutting-edge products, delivers strong business value for customers, provides an engaging workplace for its employees, and serves a greater impact on the world. This is a golden opportunity for the right applicant to join us and help design, build, and lead Solidigm. We want a diverse team of dedicated professionals who will not just be Solidigm team members but contribute to how we shape the future of the organization. We are seeking applicants who will grow and thrive in our culture; be customer inspired, trusting, innovative, team-oriented, inclusive, results driven, collaborative, passionate, and flexible. Component Design Engineers are responsible for the design and development of electronic components. Responsibilities may include: the design of chip layout circuit design, circuit checking, device evaluation and characterization, documentation of specifications, prototype construction and checkout, modification and evaluation of semiconductor devices and components, performing developmental and/or test work, reviewing product requirements and logic diagrams, planning and organizing design projects or phases of design projects. Responds to customer/client requests or events as they occur. Develops solutions to problems utilizing formal education and judgement. Support Linux-based design environments, including batch computing systems (LSF‑like schedulers), EDA tool installations, environment configuration files, and NFS-based storage. Support EDA license management (FlexLM), including daemon health, usage validation, and availability monitoring. Support access control, permissions, and environment consistency across multiple projects and user groups. Develop automation using Python, shell scripting, and Perl to streamline environment setup, validation, monitoring, and cleanup. Build and maintain environment validation flows to verify compute, licenses, storage, tools, and services are fully operational before project usage. Implement CI‑like checks and scheduled health monitoring to proactively detect issues and reduce downtime. Optimize storage usage and lifecycle management, including automated cleanup and footprint reduction after project completion. Serve as a senior escalation point for EDA environment issues, including Linux, batch jobs, cron workflows, storage, Git, and access troubleshooting. Partner with internal customers and stakeholders to manage requests via Jira, communicate status, and align priorities. Contribute documentation, best practices, and operational runbooks to improve team knowledge sharing and onboarding.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
Strong experience administering Linux environments supporting engineering or EDA workflows.
Hands-on experience with batch computing systems, job scheduling, and automation.
Experience managing EDA tools and licenses (e.g., FlexLM).
Proficiency in Python, shell scripting (bash/tcsh), and/or Perl for automation and infrastructure tooling.
Experience supporting NFS storage, environment files, and project-based design setups.
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex, cross-layer issues and drive them to resolution.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in Design Automation, CAD, or semiconductor design environments.
Familiarity with DevOps practices applied to engineering infrastructure (validation pipelines, monitoring, automation at scale).
Experience improving environment reliability, validation coverage, and operational metrics.
Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with design engineers and technical stakeholders.
Demonstrate interest and aptitude in expanding into additional Design Automation domains, such as analog extraction and related frontend/physical‑aware flows, through hands‑on learning, shadowing, and collaboration with domain experts.

Responsibilities

Support Linux-based design environments, including batch computing systems (LSF‑like schedulers), EDA tool installations, environment configuration files, and NFS-based storage.
Support EDA license management (FlexLM), including daemon health, usage validation, and availability monitoring.
Support access control, permissions, and environment consistency across multiple projects and user groups.
Develop automation using Python, shell scripting, and Perl to streamline environment setup, validation, monitoring, and cleanup.
Build and maintain environment validation flows to verify compute, licenses, storage, tools, and services are fully operational before project usage.
Implement CI‑like checks and scheduled health monitoring to proactively detect issues and reduce downtime.
Optimize storage usage and lifecycle management, including automated cleanup and footprint reduction after project completion.
Serve as a senior escalation point for EDA environment issues, including Linux, batch jobs, cron workflows, storage, Git, and access troubleshooting.
Partner with internal customers and stakeholders to manage requests via Jira, communicate status, and align priorities.
Contribute documentation, best practices, and operational runbooks to improve team knowledge sharing and onboarding.