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Senior EDA Tools and Systems Support Hardware Engineer

Location

United States + 1 moreAll locations: United States | Canada

Posted

17 days ago

Salary

$152.4K - $255.1K / year

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Senior EDA Tools and Systems Support Hardware Engineer

Cisco

Role Description We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior EDA Tools Support Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will act as the bridge between our hardware design teams and our internal infrastructure. You will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) environment to ensure our design engineers can work efficiently and effectively. Your Impact - Technical Support: Provide expert-level support for ECAD tools, specifically focusing on schematic capture and PCB layout workflows, with a broad understanding of EDA tools in general. - Workflow Automation: Develop and maintain scripts (using Python, Perl, or similar languages) to automate design tasks, improve data integrity, and streamline the design-to-manufacturing flow. - Infrastructure Management: Manage and maintain Linux-based EDA environments; provide secondary support for Windows-based design workstations. - License Administration: Manage EDA license servers, monitor usage, and troubleshoot checkout issues to ensure maximum availability for the design team. - Tool Lifecycle Management: Coordinate tool upgrades, patch rollouts, validation, and associated user communication and training. - Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), internal best practices, support knowledge bases, and user guides for the design community. Qualifications - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering + 6 years of related experience, or Masters in Electrical Engineering + 3 years of related experience or equivalent related work experience. - 5+ years of experience in EDA/CAD support (Level 2/3), and 2+ years of hands-on experience as an end user of ECAD tools like Cadence Allegro, Concept, or similar platforms. - Experience with Linux environments with the ability to troubleshoot system-level issues and automate workflows using scripting languages such as Python, Perl, TCL, Skill or other relevant languages. - Experience using AI tools to assist in creating code and documentation, and assisting with support cases. - Availability to work outside regular business hours and on weekends on an infrequent, as-needed basis. Preferred Qualifications - Experience managing and administering license servers (e.g., FlexLM). - Experience providing technical support in a Windows environment within a professional engineering context. - Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git, Perforce) as applied to software and/or configuration settings. - End-to-End Design Lifecycle Knowledge: Demonstrated understanding of the end-to-end hardware product lifecycle, including ECAD design, release, and manufacturing (DFM/NPI) flows. - Effective analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders. Benefits - Medical, dental and vision insurance. - 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution. - Paid parental leave. - Short and long-term disability coverage. - Basic life insurance. - 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees. - 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco. - Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year. - Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program. - 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter. - Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer. - Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units.

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