# Principal Analog Layout Methodology Engineer – AI & Automation

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Sunnyvale, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $193200-$289800
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

You are an analog layout methodology expert who has used AI in real production flows, beyond prototypes. You will help shape the strategy and roadmap for analog layout methodology, including where AI and automation fit in, and influence priorities across the team.

Responsibilities:

- Collect and synthesize feedback from layout users across projects

- Identify the highest-impact challenges in the layout flow and determine the most effective solution for each

- Write specifications for AI-enabled layout systems

- Bring requests to key stakeholders, including CAD/EDA, AI and automation teams, circuit design, and leadership

- Run deployments and reviews

- Build and review reusable automation frameworks and set coding standards

- Enable layout engineers to apply AI effectively and responsibly in their daily work

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field

- 10–15 years of experience in IC design

- Deep expertise in analog and mixed-signal layout

- Proven track record of designing, deploying, and maintaining AI/ML or advanced automation in production engineering environments

- Strong software engineering habits

- Working knowledge of agentic AI workflows, strong Python programming skills, and proficiency in Tcl or SKILL

Benefits:

- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans

- Time away programs

- Family support

- ESPP

- Retirement plans

- Competitive salaries

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## Skills

### Required
- analog layout methodology
- AI
- automation
- Python
- Tcl
- SKILL
- IC design

### Nice to have
- agentic AI workflows
- Git
- Perforce
- databases

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