EDA- CAD Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

The job opening is for a full-time Electronic Design Automation (EDA) CAD Engineer in the Design Group in Western Digital's research department. The role will be a part of a multi-functional team whose aim is to develop and eventually commercialize Western Digital's strategic radiation hardened memory technology.

The responsibilities for the role will include

• Flow & Methodology Development: Design, implement, and maintain robust CAD flows and methodologies for analog and mixed-signal IC design (spanning simulation, physical design, verification and familiarity with RTL/synthesis).
  • Running and Debugging Physical Verification flows including DRC, LVS, ERC and Antenna Checks
• Automation & Scripting: Develop custom scripts and internal utilities to automate repetitive design tasks, improve tool interoperability, and maximize engineering efficiency.
• Tool Integration & Support: Install, configure, and integrate industry-standard EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens/Mentor Graphics) into our infrastructure. Provide technical support to the design teams.
• Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize compute resource utilization, license usage, and disk space. Troubleshoot design flow bottlenecks, license issues, and tool crashes.
• Vendor Management: Act as the primary technical liaison with EDA tool vendors to resolve software bugs, evaluate new features, and manage license compliance.
• Environment Management: Maintain design data management (revision control) systems and ensure clean, reproducible workspace environments
• Coordination of a Split-Fab Design environment for WD PDKs (for Memory Array Layers) and a CMOS Foundry PDK (for Operational Circuitry)
  • Development of EDA Tool Design Rules for WDs Memory Array Layers
  • Defining and executing the split-fab tape out flow