Virtuoso Custom CAD Engineer

Austin Beaverton Until 9/22/2026 3+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient display and image sensors. You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. As a CAD Engineer of Custom Infrastructure Support, you will provide support for digital, analog and mixed-signal designs using Cadence. Responsibilities include general user support for both layout and schematic designers, tool customizations, Unix/Linux support and development testing of new tools and flows.

Description

In this highly visible role, you will:

- Provide full support for Cadence custom flows, tool development, installation and maintenance

- Work with the design team to develop utilities and scripts.

- Support Virtuoso Layout and schematic software and release flows based on revision control system

- Drive design methodology to increase productivity

- Work with CAD team to provide general CAD services support, utilities, scripts while also working closely with the Design and Layout teams

- Support tool configuration and application

- Involvement in test development, automation and regression flow support

- Create and maintain relevant documentation

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum requirement of BS + 3 years of relevant industry experience

Experience in Python programming/scripting

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in analog and digital new product development IC CAD support using EDA tools

Experience supporting Cadence Composer Virtuoso, Layout tools, VXL, PCELLs, and CDFs

Experience in programming languages such as Python, DFII, SKILL, Perl, Tcl

Proficient with Unix / Linux OS, utilities, and scripting

Strong communication skills both oral and written.

About this role

Summary

Support Cadence Virtuoso tools, develop utilities/scripts, and assist design teams.

Job title

Virtuoso Custom CAD Engineer

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Austin, Beaverton, San Diego, Sunnyvale; on-site preferred

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

PythonUnix/Linuxcadence virtuosoEDA toolsscript development

Preferred skills

analog IC supportdigital IC supportprogramming languages (Skill, Perl, Tcl)test automation

Specializations

cadanalog designdigital designEDA toolsscripting
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Austin, TX, USA

On-site City

Beaverton, OR, USA

On-site City

San Diego, CA, USA

On-site City

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

On-site City