Design Automation Engineer – TFM/EDA

Intel Corporation

Design Automation Engineer at Intel providing technical support for design tools and processes in foundry customer projects. Collaborating with engineering teams to resolve tool issues and ensure integration of new methodologies.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeFolsom • Arizona, California, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $100,550 - $194,270 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

LinuxPerlPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Resolve designer's tool / methodology issues on the path to TapeOut
Provide support for design ramp up through training / documentation
Interact with EDA providers and ensure required tools features are available for the projects with high quality
Closely partner with PDK/library experts, flow development teams, as well as with product design teams
Collaborate with EC to provision adequate compute capacity and help debug any associated issues
Create automation (scripts, checkers, etc.) for installation of design environment (PDKs, EDA tools, licenses, etc.) to simplify and accelerate design processes
Support the integration of new tools and methods into existing design workflows, ensuring seamless adoption and scalability

Requirements

What you’ll need

US Citizenship required
Ability to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance TS/SCI
Bachelor's of Science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 3+ years' experience, or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 2+ years' experience, or related field
Experience in front-end and back-end design tools and flows
Experience in EDA tools and methodologies, including debugging and problem-solving
Experience in physical design, optimization, and tools flows and methodology (TFM)
Experience with Verilog/VHDL - Tcl, Perl, Python scripting
Linux Experience: bash, tcsh

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive pay
stock bonuses
health, retirement, and vacation benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

VerilogVHDLTclPerlPythonLinuxbashtcshphysical designoptimization

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcollaborationtrainingdocumentationdebugging

Certifications

US Government Security Clearance TS/SCI