Principal CAD Engineer

🎯 Role Overview & Mission

This role at Impinj focuses on RAIN / UHF RFID Protocols, implementing automated radio tracking solutions that give businesses real-time visibility into physical assets without manual scanning.

As Principal CAD Engineer at Impinj, you will focus on RAIN / UHF RFID Protocols, directly supporting high-throughput supply chain tracking, automated item identification, and next-generation wireless IoT infrastructure.

⚙️ Key Responsibilities & Core Tasks

• The CAD Silicon Support Engineering team is the backbone of our silicon development engine. We are a high-impact, multi-disciplinary group of engineers dedicated to building, maintaining, and optimizing the critical Electronic Design Automation (EDA) environments, toolchains, and methodologies that enable our design teams to tape out world-class silicon. • Our mission, to accelerate time-to-market and maximize engineering productivity by delivering robust, highly automated, and deterministic CAD workflows. We bridge the gap between EDA vendor tools and the unique, complex demands of our custom silicon architectures, ensuring maximum tool uptime, optimal license utilization, and flawless data management. • Develop process development kit elements (PDK), including DRC, LVS and Extraction rule decks, model files, custom parameterized cells, and timing files. • Setup and configure EDA tools for design teams • Specify workstation and server systems, develop Linux OS installation and maintenance scripts, administer and support user accounts

📡 Required RFID Protocols & Technical Architecture

• Impinj RAIN RFID (R700 / E710 / Speedway)

🏢 Workplace & Hiring Footprint

• Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil • Work Model: Remote • Hiring Scope: Verified enterprise opening with career advancement in wireless IoT engineering.