Senior CAD Semiconductor Engineer (EDA Flow & Infrastructure)

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world's most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries.

Mission

• Define, deploy, and maintain EDA tool flows and CAD infrastructure supporting semiconductor design and verification activities across full SoC lifecycle
• Drive the evaluation, benchmarking, and integration of EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens EDA, Arteris) and associated flows to maximize productivity, reliability, and scalability
• Own the engineering infrastructure environment (compute, storage, licensing, CI/CD, automation) required for advanced chip design workloads
• Collaborate with design, verification, and physical implementation teams to ensure efficient, robust, and scalable tool usage
• Explore and integrate AI/ML-based tooling and workflows to improve engineering productivity
• Ensure optimal trade-offs between performance, cost, scalability, and usability of the CAD environment
• Act as a key technical interface between internal engineering teams, management, and EDA vendors
• Provide regular reporting on tool performance, usage, and roadmap alignment

Main Responsibilities

• Define, deploy, and maintain EDA flows for digital, mixed-signal, and verification activities (simulation, synthesis, P&R, DFT, signoff)
• Evaluate, benchmark, and qualify new EDA tools, releases, and methodologies before production deployment
• Design and operate EDA infrastructure environments, including compute farms, storage systems, and license servers
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks for tool installation, configuration, regression and CI/CD pipelines
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for design and verification workflows
• Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize tool usage, debug issues, and improve turnaround time
• Maintain strong interaction with EDA vendors for tool support, issue resolution, and roadmap alignment
• Define and enforce best practices and standards for CAD usage and tool flows
• Integrate AI-driven capabilities into engineering workflows
• Support security, compliance, and reliability requirements

Technical Skills

EDA/CAD Flow Expertise:

• Strong experience with full EDA flows: simulation, synthesis, place & route, verification, DFT flows
• Tools from Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens EDA
• Tool validation, qualification, and deployment
• EDA licensing systems (FlexLM/Flexera)
• Good understanding of RTL design, verification flows, and physical design constraints
• Knowledge in ISO26262, DO-254 is a plus

Infrastructure & Automation:

• Strong experience in Linux-based compute farms for EDA workloads
• Distributed storage systems (NFS, parallel/distributed FS)
• CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI or equivalent)
• Scripting: Python, Perl, Shell, TCL
• Infrastructure-as-code and automation mindset
• Monitoring, performance optimization, backup, disaster recovery

AI/Modern Engineering Tooling:

• Practical experience with AI/LLM-based tooling integration
• Hybrid AI infrastructure (cloud + on-prem GPU environments)
• Use cases: workflow automation, debug assistance, knowledge retrieval, engineering productivity optimization

Additional Skills:

• Object-oriented programming concepts
• Version control systems (Git, SVN, etc.)
• DevOps practices and toolchains

Requirements

• Master's degree (or equivalent) in Microelectronics, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 8–15+ years in CAD/EDA/semiconductor infrastructure
• Proven experience in EDA tool deployment and flow ownership
• Strong exposure to semiconductor design environments
• Strong ownership and autonomy in managing complex engineering environments
• Ability to bridge design teams and infrastructure/tooling domains
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proactive mindset with focus on automation and continuous improvement

What You Will Love About Working Here

• Health insurance from the first days, regardless of probationary period
• Christmas holidays from 25 December to 31 December
• Cooperation with Superhumans center and Veteran HUB
• Part of Capgemini, a global business and technology transformation partner with 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries