Infrastructure and Tools Developer at Ericsson
Austin, TX
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Jul 26, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within Ericsson Silicon's Frontend CAD department and focuses on developing, deploying, and supporting EDA tool flows for ASIC/SoC design and verification. The engineer will optimize methodologies across global R&D sites, drive adoption of industry best practices, and collaborate with design, verification, and manufacturing teams. It suits an experienced hardware/EDA engineer with a strong background in RTL design, simulation, and scripting.
Senior level · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4–40
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $137,069 (middle half $106,287–$172,440).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting states 'Years of Hands-on experience' and 'Several years of hands-on industry experience' but gives no specific number, so no minimum total years could be set.
No salary range is disclosed despite a brief mention that compensation depends on location and qualifications.
The role is classified as a software developer (EDA/CAD tool flow engineering) rather than a hardware design role, because the primary day-to-day work is building and deploying tool flows and scripted workflows — not designing silicon directly. The alt code 15-1299 reflects the specialized EDA/CAD infrastructure nature of the work.
Scripting languages (Perl, Python, bash, csh) are listed together as alternatives under a single requirement; Python is used as the primary name with the others in alternatives.
The degree requirement is BS/MS in EE, CS, or similar — a Bachelor's is the stated minimum, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
LSF (Load Sharing Facility), Slurm, and Altair are listed together as interchangeable compute batching options under Preferred Qualifications.
Jenkins is listed under Preferred Qualifications specifically as 'CloudBees Jenkins'; the canonical tool name Jenkins is used.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): RTL design, Clock domain crossing checkers, Static timing analysis.
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