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Staff / Principal CAD Engineer

Singapore

Job Status

Job Type

Work Mode

Open

Full Time, Permanent

On-Site

Job description

We are seeking a Staff CAD Engineer to join our client global design team. This role focuses on EDA compute infrastructure, CAD tool optimization, and flow efficiency. You will work closely with design engineers and IT teams to build and maintain a scalable, high-performance environment for complex analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor projects.


Key Responsibilities

  • Manage and optimize EDA compute and storage infrastructure to support chip design flows.

  • Develop and maintain license and hardware resource monitoring systems.

  • Build benchmark and QA frameworks to validate design flows and guide datacenter hardware specifications.

  • Enhance tool performance by tuning CPU, GPU, and storage architectures.

  • Design load balancing strategies and enable cloud bursting for peak workloads.

  • Partner with IT on infrastructure planning to improve engineering productivity.

  • Collaborate with global design teams and EDA vendors to resolve tool issues and drive improvements.

Requirements

  • B.S. or M.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related discipline.

  • Expert knowledge of Linux environments and scripting (Tcl, csh, bash).

  • Strong Python development skills, including GUI programming (Python/Qt).

  • Experience with EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens) across flows such as:

    • RC extraction, physical verification

    • Analog/RF simulation

    • Packaging and SI/PI analysis

    • RTL design/verification

    • SoC physical design

  • Strong communication and organizational skills, with ability to drive CAD projects across distributed teams.

Disclaimer

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature, and level, of the work performed by this position. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted, as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.

We invite interested candidates to write-in with CV and regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a discussion.

Lee Shiow Chyn
EA12C6130
R1112042
hr@hpspartners.com.sg

60 Paya Lebar Road #07 - 54
Paya Lebar Square

Singapore 409051

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