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In this role, you will be working with some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world developing products that make data faster and safer.\nAs an IP DA Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in (add brief overview of key responsibilities and impact). In this full-time role, you’ll report directly to our Director of CAD. The CAD Team is dedicated to delivering EDA infrastructure, design methodologies, and automation solutions that enable high-performance semiconductor products, including interface IP, cryptography IP, and memory interface chip designs, and your contributions will be instrumental in developing CAD tools, flows, and methodologies for a global design organization\nRambus offers a flexible work environment, embracing a hybrid approach for most office-based roles. Employees are encouraged to spend an average of at least three days per week onsite, allowing for two days of remote work.\nResponsibilities\nLead, mentor, and develop a global team of IP design automation engineers.\nDeliver and maintain automation, tools, and flows used for IP design, verification, delivery, and support.\nServe as a hands-on technical contributor, directly owning and delivering one or more well-scoped design automation projects while leading the broader team.\nWork closely with IP project teams to understand their needs, identify common requirements, and develop solutions that can be reused across projects.\nWork with IP teams to prioritize and accommodate project-specific requirements where needed.\nHelp balance support workload across team members using the team's bug/issue tracking system.\nWork closely with design, verification, CAD, and other engineering teams.\nLeverage AI technology to improve engineering productivity.\nHelp define strategic priorities and longer-term direction for IP design automation.\nQualifications\nBS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.\n10+ years of experience in semiconductor design automation, CAD, EDA, ASIC/IP development, or a related area.\nExperience leading and/or managing engineers, preferably in a global or multi-site environment.\nStrong hands-on software development and automation experience, particularly with Python; Tcl, Perl, shell, or similar experience is also valuable.\nGood understanding of semiconductor design and verification workflows and experience working with industry EDA tools.\nAbility to work closely with multiple IP/design teams, understand their requirements, and balance competing priorities.\nStrong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and project-management skills.\nAbility and interest to remain technically hands-on while leading and developing a team.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with IP design and verification flows such as RTL development, simulation, synthesis, lint, CDC/RDC, physical design, or signoff.\nExperience with EDA tools from Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens, or similar vendors.\nExperience with issue tracking, revision control, automated testing, or CI/CD environments.\nExperience developing reusable automation or methodologies used across multiple design projects.\nExperience with AI-assisted engineering or design automation.\nAbout Rambus\nRambus is a global company that makes industry-leading memory interface chips and Silicon IP to advance data center connectivity and solve the bottleneck between memory and processing. With over 30 years of semiconductor experience, we are a leading provider of high-performance products and innovations that maximize the bandwidth, capacity and security for AI and other data-intensive workloads. Our world-class team is the foundation of our company, and our innovative spirit drives us to develop the cutting-edge products and technologies essential for tomorrow’s systems.\nRambus offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus, equity, matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, comprehensive medical and dental benefits, time-off program, and gym membership.\nThe US salary range for this full-time position is $134,500 to $249,700. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions.\nAt Rambus, we are committed to fostering a workplace where every individual is respected, supported, and empowered to succeed. We value a range of perspectives and experiences that contribute to innovation and collaboration. Our goal is to ensure that all team members have equitable access to opportunities, resources, and a sense of belonging. We believe that a culture of fairness and inclusion helps us all do our best work.\nRambus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.\nRambus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during our job application procedures. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please feel free to inform us in your application.\nRambus does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.\nFor more information about Rambus, visit rambus.com. 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