Senior Technical Lead - Post Silicon Validation
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Job Description
Senior Technical Lead - Post Silicon Validation
Others, California

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced EDA Infrastructure Support Engineer to provide first-line and advanced triaging support for semiconductor design environments. The role involves diagnosing and resolving issues related to compute grids, EDA tool licenses, CI/CD pipelines, job scheduling systems, and engineering productivity infrastructure. The ideal candidate will work closely with design, CAD, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to ensure uninterrupted operation of EDA environments.

Key Responsibilities

EDA Infrastructure Support & Triaging

  • Act as the first point of contact for EDA infrastructure issues reported by design and verification teams.
  • Analyze, triage, and drive resolution of compute grid, batch job, and scheduler-related issues.
  • Investigate job failures, performance bottlenecks, and resource allocation problems.
  • Support engineering users across ASIC, FPGA, Verification, and Physical Design environments.

Compute Grid Administration

  • Troubleshoot issues related to LSF, SGE, Slurm, PBS, or equivalent workload schedulers.
  • Monitor cluster utilization, queue health, node availability, and job execution status.
  • Identify and escalate hardware, storage, or network-related infrastructure issues.

EDA License Management

  • Diagnose EDA tool licensing issues involving FlexLM/FlexNet and vendor-specific license servers.
  • Resolve license checkout failures, feature shortages, and license server connectivity issues.
  • Coordinate with EDA vendors and CAD teams to address recurring licensing problems.

CI/CD and Automation Support

  • Investigate build failures and CI pipeline issues.
  • Troubleshoot Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar automation platforms.
  • Analyze regression failures and determine whether issues are infrastructure, tool, or design related.
  • Support automation scripts used in engineering workflows.

Monitoring & Incident Management

  • Perform root cause analysis for recurring issues.
  • Maintain incident records and knowledge base documentation.
  • Generate reports on infrastructure health, utilization, and recurring problem trends.
  • Participate in on-call support rotation as required.

Skill Requirements

Technical Skills

  • Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience supporting semiconductor EDA environments.
  • Knowledge of compute grid technologies such as:
    • IBM LSF
    • Slurm
    • SGE
    • PBS/Torque
  • Experience with FlexLM/FlexNet license management.
  • Good understanding of CI/CD platforms:
    • Jenkins
    • GitLab CI
    • GitHub Actions
  • Scripting skills:
    • Python
    • Shell/Bash
    • Perl (preferred)

Infrastructure Knowledge

  • Linux server environments
  • NFS, NAS, distributed storage
  • Networking fundamentals (DNS, SSH, NFS, TCP/IP)
  • Monitoring and logging tools

Troubleshooting Skills

  • Log analysis
  • Root cause identification
  • Incident triaging and prioritization
  • Cross-functional coordination

Other Requirements

Preferred Experience

  • Experience supporting Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics), or Ansys tools.
  • Familiarity with ASIC design, verification, physical design, or RTL workflows.
  • Exposure to cloud-based EDA infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) is an advantage.
  • Understanding of semiconductor design flows and regression environments.

Experience

  • 3 to 10 years of experience in EDA Infrastructure, CAD Support, Linux Administration, DevOps, or Semiconductor IT Support.

Key Competencies

  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work in a high-pressure engineering support environment.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
  • Ownership mindset with proactive issue resolution.
  • Ability to coordinate across Design, CAD, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Vendor teams.

Keywords: EDA Infrastructure, Compute Grid, LSF, Slurm, FlexLM, License Management, Jenkins, CI/CD, CAD Support, Semiconductor, Linux Administration, ASIC Flow Support, Regression Debug, Cluster Management.

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Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. 

 

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.