Join Our Team at Kandou
We are excited to announce an opportunity for a 100% CDI position to start immediately. At Kandou, challenges drive us, and innovation is our calling. We are a passionate team of accomplished professionals making a mark in the semiconductor industry. As an innovative leader in high-speed and energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions, we are dedicated to evolving technology to meet the demands of both today's and tomorrow's customers. If you thrive in a high-tech start-up environment and are motivated by pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo, we encourage you to apply!
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute as part of a responsive team to define and implement IC design tools, flows, and methodologies.
- Lead and support tool evaluation, selection, consensus-building, and flow development.
- Deliver training to engineering design teams.
- Collaborate with EDA/CAD vendors to resolve tool issues and assist design teams in achieving timely, practical solutions.
- Foster company-wide alignment on design tools, flows, and methodologies.
Skills
- Excellent programming skills: Shell, Python, Perl, Tcl, SKILL; GUI development; Make.
- Deep understanding of the chip design process, including digital, analog, and mixed-signal IC design flows.
- Proficient in building robust EDA/CAD flows while balancing stakeholder needs.
- (Preferred) Some RTL coding; basic knowledge of SystemVerilog and VHDL.
- Ability to quickly learn, maintain, and enhance complex software design tools.
- Strong collaboration skills across EDA/CAD and engineering teams.
- Skilled at debugging issues, documenting solutions/flows, and creating clear user guides.
Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- 7+ years of experience across front-end and back-end digital design flows (e.g., netlist generation, simulation, synthesis, place & route, parasitic extraction, STA, EM/IR analysis, physical verification, DFT, ATPG).
- Experience with Cadence Voltus (or similar) and on-die power integrity (IR-drop, electromigration).
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools, methodologies, licensing, and release processes.
- Proven track record of developing code to create/improve automation tools for design engineers.
- Working knowledge of software development methods, system architecture, and operating systems.
- Strong data management experience (e.g., Git, Cliosoft) for multi-project/multi-discipline flows and database tagging.
- Experience implementing and adhering to processes required for quality certification.
If this role aligns with your aspirations and you wish to contribute to a growing company with an exciting future, we would love to hear from you. Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered. Together, We Kandou It!
For more information, visit us at www.kandou.ai and Kandou on LinkedIn.