ECAD Application Development Engineer, Design Technologies

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and
engineer’s high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a
subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle
family of products. Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire
TV, Fire phone, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

Work hard. Have fun. Make history.

The Role:

Amazon Design Technologies is a multi-disciplinary group within Amazon Devices
that builds and provides engineering tools and workflows, software systems and
integrations, automations, and design services to hardware engineering teams
across Amazon. We manage enterprise engineering systems, CAD tools, PDM/PLM
systems, High Performance Compute (HPC) environments, and license
management/procurement.

We are looking for an ECAD Application Development Engineer with development
expertise in Cadence suite of applications, specifically Cadence OrCAD, Allegro,
System Capture and Pulse to play a key role in customizing and extending the
ECAD applications used at Amazon. Our team is uniquely positioned at the
intersection of hardware design and artificial intelligence, pioneering AI-based
design review and design generation capabilities that will transform how
engineers create next-generation products.

This position will be responsible for leading the functional design,
customizations, configurations and support of ECAD applications with a primary
focus on building and deploying the systems/solutions that scale. You will have
the opportunity to integrate AI/ML technologies into traditional CAD workflows,
enabling intelligent automation and design assistance. Core activities will
include gathering and defining requirements, designing and developing
scripts/automations, prototyping and developing ECAD application extensions, and
support engineering tools and process automations by collaborating with teams
responsible for working with Product Data Management (PDM), Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM) and CAD systems.

Requirements

• 4+ years of software development experience
• Experience with Java and scripting languages like Perl, Python, Unix shell scripts, VBA and MS Excel
• 3+ years of work experience with Electronic Design Automation tools.
• Design experience using EDA tools (OrCAD/System Capture/Allegro PCB/Pulse PDM)
• Development experience using SKILL, Tcl
• Fluency in AI/ML/LLM technologies and their practical applications in software development and automation.
• BS/MS degree in Electrical Eng. or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with machine learning frameworks (AWS Bedrock, TensorFlow, PyTorch) or working with large language models.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI capabilities into traditional engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the maintenance and support of Cadence suite of applications (OrCAD, Allegro, System Capture, Pulse).
• Design, develop, implement and support Cadence extensions, features and customizations.
• Explore and implement AI/ML-powered features for intelligent design review, automated design generation, and design optimization.
• Support, enhance, and develop integrations with PDM/PLM toolsets and workflows.
• Develop custom OrCAD workflows and process automations
• Develop automations using Tcl/SKILL scripting
• Collaborate with AI/ML teams to integrate large language models (LLMs) and machine learning capabilities into ECAD workflows.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Cadence toolset and ECAD data management
• Diagnose and solve a range of issues, including, but not limited to: software deployment, platform interoperability, EDA systems, installation and licensing.
• Interact with business customers to understand and document their business processes and requirements.
• Create business requirements documents, system configuration documents, detailed functional design documents, test plans and test cases, user training documents and implementation documents.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level