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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # ECAD Application Engineer, Design Technologies - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $134,900.0 - $185,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Artificial Intelligence, Software Bug Management, Computer Engineering, System Configuration, Electronic Design Automation, Electrical CAD, Hardware Design, Machine Learning, OrCAD, Software Tools, Software Requirements Analysis, Software Systems, Systems Integration, High Performance Computing - **Published:** June 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gb7r0u ## About the Role Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent - 3+ years of working experience with Cadence suite of applications -OrCAD/Allegro - 3+ years of working experience with System Capture - 3+ years of working experience with PDM/PLM system Preferred Qualifications - Demonstrated ability to integrate AI capabilities into traditional engineering workflows. ## Description Amazon Design Technologies is a multi-disciplinary group within Amazon Devices that builds and provides engineering tools and workflows, software systems and integrations, automations, and design services to hardware engineering teams across Amazon. We manage enterprise engineering systems, CAD tools, PDM/PLM systems, High Performance Compute (HPC) environments, and license management/procurement., We are looking for an ECAD Application Engineer with hands-on expertise in Cadence suite of applications, specifically Cadence OrCAD, Allegro, System Capture and Pulse to play a key role in configuring, customizing and extending the ECAD applications used at Amazon. Our team is uniquely positioned at the intersection of hardware design and artificial intelligence, pioneering AI-based design review and design generation capabilities that will transform how engineers create next-generation products. This position will be responsible for defining electrical engineering best practices, standards and guidelines, and managing customizations, configurations and providing support of ECAD applications to hardware engineering teams across Amazon. The position will have the opportunity to integrate AI/ML technologies into traditional CAD workflows, enabling intelligent automation and design assistance. Core activities will include gathering and defining business requirements, supporting design and development of workflow automations, prototyping, and support engineering tools and process automations by collaborating with teams responsible for working with Product Data Management (PDM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and CAD systems. Export Control Requirements: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen, As an Electrical CAD (ECAD) Application Engineer, you will be responsible for providing a stable, performant and reliable set of best-in-class software tools for hardware engineers. You will anticipate tool and infrastructure needs, work with multiple organizations, support users, and develop and implement processes to enable successful and rapid development of innovative hardware products. In this role you will: - Evaluate new features and functions that are made available within existing or potential ECAD tools to judge their potential benefits. - Be the primary point of technical contact with ECAD tool vendor to support and influence their roadmaps to best meet the needs of the Amazon EE community. - Work with ECAD tool vendors to resolve issues with vendor supplied code, and advocate for enhancements and bug fixes. - Evangelize and drive adoption of ECAD tools though process development and training - Define best practices though documentation and requirements definition for development of ECAD automation. - Deliver well written business requirements documents, system configuration documents, detailed functional design documents, user training documents and implementation documents. - Manage and maintain EDA scripts/automations, ECAD application extensions - Support engineering tools and process automations by collaborating with teams responsible for working with Product Data Management (PDM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and CAD systems. ## Related Videos - [ Secure Code Superstars: Empowering Developers and Surpassing Security Challenges Together](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/422-secure-code-superstars-empowering-developers-and-surpassing-security-challenges-together) - [Design as an algorithm, not as a feature](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/471-design-as-an-algorithm-not-as-a-feature) - [Old tools, new tricks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1916-old-tools-new-tricks) - [Agile work at CARIAD – Creating a customer web application for controlling the vehicle ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/200-agile-work-at-cariad-creating-a-customer-web-application-for-controlling-the-vehicle) - [Valven Atlas: Engineering Intelligence That Delivers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1660-valven-atlas-engineering-intelligence-that-delivers) - [Software stack under and over the hood of the fastest accelerating car in the world](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/221-software-stack-under-and-over-the-hood-of-the-fastest-accelerating-car-in-the-world) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Why Event-Driven Architecture Isn’t About Speed (and When You Actually Need It)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/745-why-event-driven-architecture-isn-t-about-speed-and-when-you-actually-need-it) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)