Software Engineer - Automation & AI for EDA

Job title: Software Engineer - Automation & AI for EDA

About the Role Skyworks Solutions is seeking a highly motivated multidisciplinary individual to drive software/AI development and workflows automation to accelerate innovation across our semiconductor products. The role sits at the intersection of multi-tier software product and platform development and EDA tools, silicon design flows, and scalable software systems. Your work will make a direct impact on the company's top and bottom line. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience building innovative products from the ground up, automating processes, and thriving in a collaborative environment.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain software products and platform for semiconductor design automation supporting design, tapeout and manufacturing.
• Develop software / AI solutions to improve productivity, quality, reliability and design reuse.
• Integrate commercial EDA tools via API/CLI into Skyworks design flows.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define automation requirements.
• Debug design flow issues and improve tool reliability and scalability.
• Define and develop good software development practices.
• Support semiconductor tape-out schedules and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Use AI/ML to optimize process, build more predictability, reliability across the process flows.

What We're Looking For

• Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant solid industry full-stack software development experience.
• Strong experience with software tech-stack - UI (React.js, QT); Backend (Python, C++, Java), Databases (Azure SQL, Databricks).
• Experience with workflow automation.
• Experience using Machine learning models to solve complex challenges.
• Experience developing custom AI agents, MCP servers.
• Experience leading DevOps (GitHub, Jenkins).
• Experience hosting application on web server.
• Comfortable working with both Linux and Windows environment.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git and/or Perforce/CI/CD.
• Familiarity with batch processing systems, job scheduling, and flow orchestration.
• Strong system design expert and a critical thinker.
• Software Engineering & Operations: Ability to host, operate, and scale web-based software tools in Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience setting up and maintaining Apache (or similar) web servers in on-premises environments.
• Working knowledge building software product which are secure by design.
• Cloud & Modern Tooling: Experience or familiarity with at least one cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and automation.

Nice to Have

• Domain experience in semiconductor.
• Exposure to large-scale EDA compute environments or regression infrastructures.
• Experience supporting hybrid on-prem + cloud engineering platforms.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts applied to EDA flows and tooling.

Additional Skyworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.