What are the responsibilities and job description for the CAD Engineer (Graduate) position at Retym, Inc?
About The Position
Retym is a leading technology company specializing in ASIC design and development. We are looking for a CAD Engineer (Graduate) to join our team. As a CAD Engineer, you will contribute to developing, maintaining, and automating the design infrastructure. This is a hands-on position for someone passionate about scripting, contributing to innovative projects and advancing their career in EDA design and automation.
Requirements:
Responsibilities
Retym is a leading technology company specializing in ASIC design and development. We are looking for a CAD Engineer (Graduate) to join our team. As a CAD Engineer, you will contribute to developing, maintaining, and automating the design infrastructure. This is a hands-on position for someone passionate about scripting, contributing to innovative projects and advancing their career in EDA design and automation.
Requirements:
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain CAD automation scripts and utilities using Python, SKILL, and shell scripting.
- Support integration of EDA tools (e.g. Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens) into design flows.
- Support VLSI automation flows.
- Participate in maintaining and optimizing Linux-based project environments.
- Provide first-line CAD support to Analog, Layout, and VLSI engineers.
- Collaborate closely with the CAD lead while maintaining ownership of assigned tasks.
- Assist in managing environment setup, tool versions, and license configurations.
- Troubleshoot tool and flow infrastructure issues.
- Contribute to internal documentation, version control systems, and workflow improvements.
- Background in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
- 1-3 years of experience
- Solid scripting and programming skills in Python or Perl, and shell scripting.
- Proficient in at least one compiled language (C, C , or Java).
- Comfortable and efficient working in Linux/Unix environments.
- Familiar with version control systems (Git, SOS).
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Team player with good communication and self-learning abilities.
- Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, extraction tools (StarRC, EMX).
- Experience with cloud compute infrastructure (AWS, Azure)
- Exposure to job schedulers, license servers, or CI/CD environments.
- Understanding of analog design flow or PDK structure.
- Good knowledge of the VLSI design stages.
- Knowledge of layout verification tools.