EDA / CAD Engineer

Mythic • Austin, TX

1d • $150,000 - $260,000

About The Position

Mythic is looking for an experienced CAD/EDA engineer to build a truly robust design environment and support multiple disciplines of IC designers. Mythic takes EDA methodology and tooling seriously, and is poised for rapid growth. You will be a critical part of making sure our foundation is strong and capable of enhancing our pace of development.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of the Cadence tool flow is required
• Analog / Mixed-signal design tools (Virtuoso, AMS, Spectre)
• Layout/signoff (PVS/Pegasus, Calibre)
• Synthesis/APR/Physical design (Genus, Innovus / DDI)
• Revision control experience and methodology recommendations (perforce/versIC)
• Internal and external IP management
• Supporting multiple PDKs simultaneously
• Familiarity with TSMC and GF preferred
• Scripting & automation: Python, Perl, Tcl, Bash/Shell, SKILL; automating EDA flows, tool setup, regression runs, log parsing, environment configuration, and design-data processing.
• License management: FlexNet/FlexLM administration and troubleshooting, including license-server configuration, lmstat/lmutil diagnostics, feature availability, checkout failures, queueing, utilization monitoring, and vendor-daemon issues.
• EDA infrastructure support: Linux/Unix environment troubleshooting, LSF/Slurm/Grid Engine compute-farm integration, environment modules, tool-version management, and debugging interactions between EDA applications, compute infrastructure, and license servers.
• CAD flow development: Development and support of scripted flows integrating tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, Xcelium, Synopsys, or Siemens EDA with internal automation, regression, and verification infrastructure.
• Demonstrated history of solving problems for EDA users

Nice To Haves

• Remote computing support experience (ETX)
• Experience supporting engineering across multiple international locations
• Some degree of sysadmin ability
• Build systems : Make/GNU Make, CMake, custom Makefile-based flows; maintaining build dependencies, environment setup, and reproducible EDA/CAD workflows.
• CI/CD & regression infrastructure: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions; developing and supporting automated regression, validation, build, and deployment pipelines for EDA tools and design flows.

Responsibilities

• Support IC design and IT leadership with multiple tool and infrastructure upgrades
• Manage several repositories of PDKs, IPs, and multiple tools from multiple vendors
• Advise design IT leadership with methodology enhancements and future planning
• Keep up with advancements in industry tools that are relevant to our goals
• Where necessary or advantageous, develop custom tools/scripts/plug-ins that are easily adopted by users

Benefits

• We hire smart, capable individuals, provide the tools and support they need, and trust them to deliver.
• Our team brings a wide range of experiences and perspectives, which we see as a strength in solving hard problems together.
• We value professionalism, creativity, and integrity, and strive to make Mythic a place where every employee feels they belong and can contribute meaningfully.

What This Job Offers

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