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Design and refine warehouse automation and machine programming, using iLogic and Inventor's API, as production volume scales. * Evaluate and recommend equipment and tooling upgrades that improve ...

Design and refine warehouse automation and machine programming, using iLogic and Inventor's API, as production volume scales. * Evaluate and recommend equipment and tooling upgrades that improve ...

Design and refine warehouse automation and machine programming, using iLogic and Inventor's API, as production volume scales. * Evaluate and recommend equipment and tooling upgrades that improve ...

Design and refine warehouse automation and machine programming, using iLogic and Inventor's API, as production volume scales. * Evaluate and recommend equipment and tooling upgrades that improve ...

We have an extraordinary opportunity for Custom Design Automation Engineers. This is a highly visible role at the heart of a processor design effort, making a critical impact delivering products to ...

Design Automation Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$95K - $110K/yr

Our innovation in programmable logic began in 1983. Since then we've delivered the tools and ... in design automation and by teams in the design of hardware products, process design, or ...

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How much do electronic design automation engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for electronic design automation engineer in the United States is $97,090.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $83,500.00 and $104,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is an electronic design automation (EDA) engineer?

An Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Engineer is a professional who specializes in developing, implementing, and optimizing software tools used for designing electronic systems such as integrated circuits (ICs) and printed circuit boards (PCBs). EDA Engineers work with tools that automate complex tasks like circuit schematics, layout design, verification, and simulation. Their role is crucial in ensuring that electronic products are designed efficiently, accurately, and meet performance standards. They often collaborate with hardware engineers, software developers, and other stakeholders throughout the design and verification process.

What are some common challenges electronic design automation (EDA) engineers face when collaborating with cross-functional hardware and software teams?

EDA Engineers frequently work at the intersection of hardware and software, requiring close collaboration with both design and verification teams. A common challenge is aligning differing timelines and requirements, as hardware and software teams may prioritize features or deadlines differently. Effective communication is crucial to ensure that design specifications are accurately implemented and that potential integration issues are identified early. EDA Engineers often need to mediate between teams, translating technical needs and constraints to facilitate smooth project progress.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as an electronic design automation (EDA) engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as an Electronic Design Automation Engineer, you need a strong background in electrical engineering, digital/analog circuit design, and programming, usually supported by a relevant degree. Familiarity with EDA tools such as Cadence, Synopsys, or Mentor Graphics, as well as scripting languages like Python or TCL, is typically required. Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and effective teamwork help EDA engineers excel in this collaborative and precision-driven field. Mastery of these skills ensures efficient design workflows, high-quality semiconductor products, and successful integration with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

What is the difference between Electronic Design Automation Engineer vs Hardware Design Engineer?

AspectElectronic Design Automation EngineerHardware Design Engineer
Primary FocusDevelops and maintains EDA tools and software for circuit design automationDesigns and develops electronic hardware components and circuits
Skills & CertificationsKnowledge of EDA software, programming, circuit design; often requires electrical engineering degreeHardware design skills, PCB layout, circuit analysis; typically requires electrical engineering degree
Work EnvironmentSoftware development labs, EDA tool companies, semiconductor firmsElectronics labs, manufacturing facilities, R&D departments

While both roles require electrical engineering knowledge, the Electronic Design Automation Engineer focuses on creating tools that aid hardware design, whereas the Hardware Design Engineer concentrates on designing physical electronic components and circuits.

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Infographic showing various Electronic Design Automation Engineer job openings in the United States as of September 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% Internship, 88% Full Time, 8% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 81% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 15% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $97,090 per year, or $46.7 per hour.

Design Automation Engineer

Pineville, LA

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 15 days ago


Job description

Come join our team at DIS-TRAN Steel!

Our people - not our machinery - are our biggest assets. DIS-TRAN Steel's leadership team lives by our company values, modeling our culture of respect and integrity each day. We're a team that likes to have fun, but we also know how to get stuff done.

DIS-TRAN Steel is looking to add a Design Automation Engineer to join the team at the Pineville Plant. 

The Design Automation Engineer supports the company's Smart Engineering transformation by converting engineering knowledge, design standards, customer requirements, and manufacturing needs into scalable digital engineering workflows.

This role serves as a bridge between Engineering & Design, Operations, CAD platform development, ERP/MES teams, and future automation initiatives. The Design Automation Engineer will develop and validate intelligent Autodesk Inventor models, configurable assemblies, reusable templates, engineering metadata, and automation rules that improve design consistency, engineering productivity, manufacturing readiness, and downstream data quality.

The role is intended to complement the existing Developer position by adding dedicated engineering expertise to Inventor, Vault, standards catalog, metadata, and automation development efforts.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
  • Implementing Vision and Values: Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of the associate decision making and action.
  • Safety Orientation: Is aware of conditions that affect employee safety, takes responsible action, and promotes safety throughout the organization.
  • Customer Focus: Proactively works to determine the needs of the internal / external customers and provide solutions; actively focuses on providing high quality service to internal / external customers while addressing the organization's mission / vision / goals / policies; maintains clear communication regarding mutual expectation.
  • Contributing to Team Success: Works cooperatively with others; is agreeable and team oriented; demonstrates a willingness to put aside personal differences for the benefit of the group as a whole.
  •  Quality Orientation: Is aware of quality issues and actively makes suggestions for improvement of product or processes; knows how personal contribution affects overall product and process quality; understands the company's quality objectives and how they relate to the company's objectives.
  •  Work Ethic: Maintains and promotes social, ethical, and organizational norms in conducting internal and external business activities.
  •  Continuous and Applied Learning: Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skills on the job and leaning through their application; comprehends new job related information in a timely manner and correctly recalls and applies that information.
  • Productivity Orientation: Takes appropriate actions to satisfy work quotas (e.g. production, assignments, projects, etc.)
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engineering Automation
  • Develop and validate intelligent Autodesk Inventor models for transmission and substation structures.
  • Create configurable assemblies, reusable templates, and parameter-driven design tools.
  • Translate engineering calculations, design standards, and customer requirements into structured automation rules.
  • Support iLogic, iProperties, and other automation methods in partnership with the Inventor Developer.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce repetitive modeling, detailing, BOM, and BOO creation effort.
  • Validate automated model outputs against engineering requirements, customer expectations, and manufacturing needs.
  • Support the expansion of model-based engineering workflows across standard and semi-standard structure families.
Standards and Catalog Development
  • Support the development of governed standard parts, assemblies, and design patterns.
  • Help define which components should be standard, configurable, or job-specific.
  • Maintain engineering template libraries in alignment with approved standards.
  • Ensure models and templates comply with customer, industry, company, and manufacturing requirements.
  • Support the long-term standards catalog needed for model-based engineering and future design automation.
  • Assist in classifying parts, assemblies, and reusable design content to improve searchability, reuse, and governance.
  • Help reduce duplicate or inconsistent design practices by promoting approved standards and reusable engineering content.
Metadata and Downstream Readiness
  • Define engineering metadata requirements needed for drawings, BOMs, BOOs, Epicor, MES, procurement, manufacturing, analytics, and future AI tools.
  • Ensure automated models produce trusted, usable downstream information.
  • Validate that model outputs support manufacturing consumption, material requirements, operational requirements, and drawing clarity.
  • Work with Engineering, Operations, ERP, MES, and data teams to improve digital-thread readiness.
  • Help establish data quality expectations for engineering-generated metadata.
  • Support the development of model outputs that can be consumed by downstream systems with minimal manual re-entry or correction.
Governance and Continuous Improvement
  • Participate in Engineering & Design Standards, Data & Integration, and Manufacturing Consumption governance discussions.
  • Help define modeling standards, validation rules, exception processes, and release-readiness criteria.
  • Use feedback from engineering, detailing, manufacturing, and quality to improve templates, standards, and automation logic.
  • Support continuous improvement after the initial implementation by expanding automation, improving standards, and reducing engineering variation.
  • Identify recurring engineering, modeling, BOM, BOO, or manufacturing-readiness issues that can be addressed through improved standards or automation.
  • Support the long-term evolution of design automation, standards catalog governance, and model-based engineering practices.
REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN AUTOMATION ENGINEER:
Required Skills
  • Engineering background in civil, mechanical, structural, or related discipline.
  • Strong understanding of structural steel design and engineer-to-order products.
  • Experience with Autodesk Inventor and complex parametric modeling.
  • Ability to translate engineering requirements into model parameters, rules, and templates.
  • Understanding of how engineering decisions affect detailing, fabrication, procurement, and manufacturing execution.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills.
  • Interest in standardization, automation, model-based engineering, and continuous improvement.
  • Ability to work effectively with engineering, detailing, operations, software, ERP/MES, and data teams.
  • Ability to document standards, assumptions, design logic, and validation criteria clearly.
Preferred Skills
    • Experience with Autodesk Vault.
    • Familiarity with iLogic, iProperties, Autodesk APIs, VB.NET, C#, Python, or similar tools.
    • Experience with design automation, configurable products, or rules-based engineering.
    • Knowledge of BOM, BOO, ERP, MES, and manufacturing data requirements.
    • Experience developing reusable templates, libraries, or standards-based design content.
    • Experience working in a structural steel, fabrication, utility, substation, transmission, or engineer-to-order environment.
    • PE license preferred but not required.
Why Join DIS-TRAN Steel?

At DIS-TRAN Steel, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact on our operations while gaining exposure to production, project management, continuous improvement, and business operations. This role provides an excellent foundation for future leadership opportunities within manufacturing and industrial operations.

Benefits
  • Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision Coverage
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • 401(k) with Company Match
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Cafeteria Plan
  • Corporate Fitness Program
  • More information regarding The Crest Industries Family of Companies' Internal and External Referral Programs can be found here: https://www.crestoperations.com/recruit-new
Referral level: Professional
Eligible for Enhanced Referral
Eligible for External Referral
 
More information regarding The Crest Industries Family of Companies' Internal and External Referral Programs can be found here: https://www.crestoperations.com/recruit-new

As strategists, operational experts, customer advocates and team players, we all believe in the power of our people. Explore how you can become a part of our team of strength and commitment that's built to last!

DIS-TRAN Steel is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

DIS-TRAN Steel is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request information regarding reasonable accommodation, contact your Human Resource Business Partner.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).

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