EDA / CAD Engineer at Mythic (Austin, TX)
Mythic· Austin, TX· $150k–$260k·
Role details
Job description
Mythic is looking for an experienced CAD/EDA engineer to build a truly robust design environment and support multiple disciplines of IC designers. Mythic takes EDA methodology and tooling seriously, and is poised for rapid growth. You will be a critical part of making sure our foundation is strong and capable of enhancing our pace of development.
What you'll do
- Support IC design and IT leadership with multiple tool and infrastructure upgrades
- Manage several repositories of PDKs, IPs, and multiple tools from multiple vendors
- Advise design IT leadership with methodology enhancements and future planning
- Keep up with advancements in industry tools that are relevant to our goals
- Where necessary or advantageous, develop custom tools/scripts/plug-ins that are easily adopted by users
What you'll bring
- Deep understanding of the Cadence tool flow is required
- Analog / Mixed-signal design tools (Virtuoso, AMS, Spectre)
- Layout/signoff (PVS/Pegasus, Calibre)
- Synthesis/APR/Physical design (Genus, Innovus / DDI)
- Revision control experience and methodology recommendations (perforce/versIC)
- Internal and external IP management
- Supporting multiple PDKs simultaneously
- Familiarity with TSMC and GF preferred
- Scripting & automation: Python, Perl, Tcl, Bash/Shell, SKILL; automating EDA flows, tool setup, regression runs, log parsing, environment configuration, and design-data processing.
- License management: FlexNet/FlexLM administration and troubleshooting, including license-server configuration, lmstat/lmutil diagnostics, feature availability, checkout failures, queueing, utilization monitoring, and vendor-daemon issues.
- EDA infrastructure support: Linux/Unix environment troubleshooting, LSF/Slurm/Grid Engine compute-farm integration, environment modules, tool-version management, and debugging interactions between EDA applications, compute infrastructure, and license servers.
- CAD flow development: Development and support of scripted flows integrating tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, Xcelium, Synopsys, or Siemens EDA with internal automation, regression, and verification infrastructure.
- Demonstrated history of solving problems for EDA users
- Nice-to-haves:
- Remote computing support experience (ETX)
- Experience supporting engineering across multiple international locations
- Some degree of sysadmin ability
- Build systems: Make/GNU Make, CMake, custom Makefile-based flows; maintaining build dependencies, environment setup, and reproducible EDA/CAD workflows.
- CI/CD & regression infrastructure: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions; developing and supporting automated regression, validation, build, and deployment pipelines for EDA tools and design flows.
Why work at Mythic
- Impactful Mission: Work at the frontier of AI hardware, solving the fundamental energy efficiency problem in AI compute.
- Collaborative, Results‑Focused Culture: Mythic describes itself as a “collaborative, results‑focused team where everyone has a chance to contribute and lead.”
- Rapid Growth: 46% YoY headcount growth and a recently acquired company signal strong momentum and career growth opportunities.
- Diverse Technical Challenges: Roles span chip design, compiler engineering, AI algorithms, firmware, and systems engineering.
- Hybrid/Office Policy: Some roles are listed as hybrid (e.g., Palo Alto, Austin) or fully on‑site; exact policy varies by position. The company has offices in Austin, Silicon Valley, and Vancouver, with a growing presence in Bangalore.
- Notable Perks: Not explicitly stated, but working at a well‑funded, pre‑IPO startup in the AI hardware space typically offers equity, competitive compensation, and the chance to shape the future of computing.