The Role:
We are looking for a hands-on, highly driven CAD engineer to own and elevate the analog and mixed-signal simulation environment at the heart of Cirrus Logic’s design efforts. In this role, you’ll be a key force behind building, refining, and sustaining high‑fidelity, production‑ready analog simulation flows that power our most advanced designs.
You’ll work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with analog designers, foundry partners, and leading EDA vendors to ensure our simulation infrastructure is not only accurate, but scalable, resilient, and trusted for tape‑out–critical decisions.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives on tackling tough simulation accuracy problems, digging deep into SPICE model behavior, and transforming complexity into disciplined, robust methodologies. If you’re motivated by making simulations more predictive, more efficient, and ultimately more impactful on silicon success, this role puts you right in the driver’s seat.
What You’ll Own & Create
- Own the analog and mixed-signal simulation tools and flows used across design teams, serving as the go‑to technical authority
- Define, build, and evolve simulation signoff methodology and criteria that teams rely on for confident design decisions
- Ensure simulation flows deliver trusted, repeatable, production‑quality results that accurately predict silicon behavior
- Lead cross‑team alignment and consensus on simulation tools, methodologies, and best practices
- Partner directly with foundry teams to validate, qualify, and continuously improve SPICE models
- Collaborate with EDA vendors to drive tool fixes, enhancements, evaluations, and roadmap influence
- Work hands‑on with design teams to debug simulation accuracy, convergence, and performance challenges
- Own post‑layout simulation flows, including DSPF integration, regressions, and correlation strategies
- Establish and propagate consistent simulation methodologies and best practices across all analog design teams
- Architect and create next‑generation analog simulation flows and infrastructure from the ground up
- Analyze waveforms, results, and large datasets to uncover issues, trends, and opportunities to improve methodology and predictability
- Optimize simulation performance at scale, improving runtime, throughput, and license utilization across shared compute environments
This isn’t a maintenance job—this is where you architect smarter workflows, champion new design methodologies, and elevate how an entire organization designs silicon.
You will:
You won’t just support design—you’ll amplify it. Your tools will accelerate silicon development, unlock new capabilities, streamline workflows, and enable Cirrus Logic engineers to do their best work at scale.
Skills You’ll Bring to the Team
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, with 5+ years of hands‑on experience supporting design CAD or EDA tools in a production environment
- Deep, practical expertise in analog SPICE simulation using Cadence Spectre, including SOA checks and the full ADE simulation environmentStrong command of analog simulation domains—DC, AC, transient, noise, and statistical analysis—along with proven techniques for convergence tuning and numerical stability
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and supporting simulation flows within the Cadence Virtuoso environment
- Strong working knowledge of the Cadence OpenAccess (OA) environment, including flow integration and customizationExperience working with revision control systems, enabling disciplined development, traceability, and scalable collaboration
- Solid understanding of CMOS analog processes, combined with direct experience testing, validating, and correlating SPICE modelsClear, effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate across design, CAD, foundry, and vendor teams in a team‑oriented environment
Benefits That Put You First
- Inclusive, competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage to keep you and your family well‑supported.
- FSA & HSA options, letting you use pre‑tax dollars for expected—or unexpected—medical expenses.
- Family‑forming benefits, because every path to parenthood deserves support.
- On‑site Medical Clinic, providing convenient care right at work.
- 13 paid holidays to help you recharge throughout the year.
- 17 days of PTO, giving you the flexibility to take time when you need it.
- Immediate 401(k) eligibility with employer matching, helping you invest in your financial future from day one.
- Free snacks and refreshments stocked in every office to fuel your day.
At Cirrus Logic, we’re deeply committed to the health, happiness, and long‑term well‑being of our employees and their families. Our benefits are designed to support your life both inside and outside the office—because when you thrive, we all do.
What We Offer:
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Engineering
- ~5+ years of experience in EDA tool automation
- At least 3 years of experience with SKILL, Lisp, TCL, or similar APIs
- 3+ years building custom EDA automation flows
- 3+ years in software development for semiconductor applications
Cirrus Logic Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cirrus Logic and has not been reviewed or approved by Cirrus Logic.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare includes multiple medical, dental and vision options, mental‑health resources, wellness programs, and access to an on‑site clinic in Austin. Feedback suggests these offerings underpin strong total‑rewards sentiment.
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Parental & Family Support — Programs span paid parental leave, fertility/adoption/surrogacy coverage, backup/dependent‑care supports, and a structured flex return. Feedback suggests family‑building depth is a notable strength of the package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation design features semiannual performance bonuses, profit‑sharing, and recognition awards that augment base pay. Feedback suggests these incentives help maintain competitive total compensation in key engineering roles.
Cirrus Logic Insights
What We Do
Cirrus Logic is a leading supplier of low-power, high-precision mixed-signal processing solutions for mobile and consumer applications. The company has a robust portfolio of sophisticated low-power products, including boosted amplifiers, smart codecs, camera controllers, haptic driver and sensing solutions, power conversion and control Integrated Circuits, and fast-charging Integrated Circuits. These solutions have innovative technology, software and associated algorithms incorporated. With a strong intellectual property portfolio and extensive mixed-signal expertise, Cirrus Logic is well-positioned to drive innovation and growth in the evolving markets of audio and high-performance mixed-signal processing technologies. We are hiring like crazy! Please visit our careers portal at cirrus.jobs to check out our available openings!
Why Work With Us
Engineering drives our company, and innovation isn’t just encouraged – it’s expected! This is a culture where you get to work with some of the largest, most innovative customers and products on the planet on a daily basis and where everyone is a key contributor to the company’s success. There are no Miltons here!
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