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This role combines EDA/CAD engineering, analog circuit simulation, software development, automation, and AI-enabled engineering workflows to improve productivity, simulation efficiency, and pre-silicon quality.\nThe ideal candidate will have strong expertise in circuit simulation methodologies, EDA tools, Linux-based engineering environments, and scripting/programming. 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