Senior CAD Manager — RTL-to-GDS Methodology & Infrastructure, Annapurna Labs

Annapurna Labs is hiring a Senior CAD Manager to build lead and scale the CAD/EDA organization driving RTL-to-GDS methodology flow development and analytics across multiple sites. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for defining the multi-year roadmap for digital implementation signoff and physical verification; building and scaling a geographically distributed CAD team; and partnering with design DV IT and EDA vendors to enable next-generation SoC tape-outs at advanced nodes (5 nm / 3 nm / 2 nm and below).

You will own the technical direction and operational health of the full digital backend toolchain synthesis place-and-route STA power/IR EM and physical verification along with the license dashboard and automation infrastructure that supports it. Success in this role means a CAD organization that materially accelerates time-to-tape-out raises PPA and signoff quality and gives engineering leadership data-driven visibility into project health.

Key job responsibilities
Define and drive the multi-year roadmap for RTL-to-GDS flows across synthesis place-and-route STA signoff and physical verification; lead methodology bring-up for new technology nodes foundry PDKs and IP integration.
Own the EDA tool strategy and vendor relationships; lead structured evaluations benchmarking license forecasting peak-load planning and cost optimization in partnership with procurement and finance.
Build and scale the CAD environment flow frameworks regression infrastructure run management release engineering CI/CD-style practices and version control supporting multiple technology nodes.
Own the strategy for CAD dashboards and analytics: PPA tracking run health signoff QoR trending tape-out readiness scorecards and compute/license efficiency metrics.
Build mentor and scale a multi-site CAD organization; establish operating cadence technical reviews knowledge-sharing practices engineering standards and quality bars for CAD deliverables.
Partner with physical design DV RTL package IP and IT teams to align flow capabilities to program commitments; engage executive stakeholders on technology readiness schedule risk and capacity planning.


- Bachelors degree in electrical engineering computer engineering or equivalent
- 15 years of experience in semiconductor CAD/EDA methodology or physical design
- 5 years of experience in people management or technical leadership of engineering teams
- Experience taking SoCs through tape-out at advanced nodes (7 nm or below) using industry-standard digital implementation flows
- Experience with RTL-to-GDS toolchains including synthesis place-and-route static timing analysis parasitic extraction power/IR analysis and physical verification
- Experience with low-power design flows (UPF/CPF) MMMC corners and POCV/SSTA at advanced nodes
- Experience with scripting and automation (Tcl Python or Perl) and version control systems (Git or Perforce)
- Experience scaling CAD compute infrastructure (LSF Slurm or equivalent) and managing license capacity at scale

- Masters degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a related field
- Experience with AI/ML-driven flow automation or ML features in EDA tools (e.g. predictive QoR/runtime models)
- Experience with package- and system-aware flows (2.5D/3D IC chiplets UCIe) and SI/PI co-design
- Experience with cloud-based EDA workflows and hybrid on-prem/cloud compute strategy
- Experience with formal verification RTL signoff and emulation flows
- Track record of presenting at industry forums (DAC SNUG CDNLive ISPD) or contributing to EDA standards bodies
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead geographically distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones

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