CAE Engineer

Role: CAE Engineer

Location: San Jose, CA (Onsite: M-F)

Duration: 6 Months contract (Possible Extension)

Pay Rate: $72-84/hr W2

Description:

• We are hiring a contract EDA Workflow & Infrastructure Engineer to operate the HPC compute infrastructure and engineering application environments used by our engineering and R&D organizations.
• The role covers hands-on deployment, monitoring, and operational support for compute clusters, application environments, license systems, and user access environments.

Responsibilities:

• Engineering application environment operations: install, configure, and upgrade applications; manage version trees and environment modules; execute qualification tests and document results

EDA tool installation and deployment support:

• install and patch EDA tools and configure tool environments; support new environment buildouts requested by design organizations; troubleshoot installation issues and provide technical support

License server operations:

• operate and monitor license servers (FlexLM/FlexNet and equivalents); troubleshoot license issues; produce utilization and idle-license reports

HPC compute cluster operations:

• monitor cluster and queue health; triage failed and pending jobs; apply queue and resource policies; report utilization and performance metrics

User access environment support:

• deploy and maintain remote desktop / login environments; resolve user session issues
• R&D software management: manage R&D software assets and license inventory; support new procurement and renewals; handle deployment and user support; execute consolidation and standardization based on utilization
• Linux system administration and automation: server provisioning, patching, storage/filesystem troubleshooting, and automation of monitoring, reporting, and repetitive operational tasks

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in HPC infrastructure, EDA/engineering IT infrastructure, or Linux system administration
• Working knowledge of job schedulers (LSF, SLURM, Grid Engine, or equivalent), license management systems, and engineering/EDA application environments
• Ability to automate operational tasks through scripting