Digital EDA / CAD Engineer | Digital EDA / CAD Engineer

Kandou Bus SA

St-Sulpice VD, VD, Switzerland
Published Nov 28, 2025
Full-time
Permanent

Job Summary

Join Kandou, an innovative high-tech scale-up specializing in high-speed and energy-efficient chip-chip link solutions, as a Digital EDA/CAD Engineer. This role is pivotal in defining, implementing, and maintaining cutting-edge Integrated Circuit (IC) design tools, flows, and methodologies. Day-to-day, you will lead tool evaluation, deployment, and flow development, while providing essential training and support to engineering design teams. You will act as a key liaison, working with EDA/CAD vendors to debug complex issues and ensure timely, practical solutions. Success in this position requires a deep understanding of digital, analog, and mixed-signal IC design flows, coupled with excellent programming skills in Shell, Python, Perl, and Tcl. Candidates must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline and possess at least seven years of professional experience in both front-end and back-end digital design environments.

Required Skills

Education

Bachelor or Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Experience

  • 7+ years across front-end and back-end digital design flows (simulation, synthesis, STA, physical verification)
  • Experience using Cadence Voltus (or similar) for on-die power integrity analysis (IR-drop, electromigration)
  • Proven track record developing code to create and improve automation tools for design engineers
  • Strong data management experience using tools like Git or Cliosoft

Languages

English (Fluent)

Additional

  • Permanent, full-time (100%) contract with immediate start.