Senior RTL to GDS Principal Application Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

We are excited to welcome highly talented hardware designers and application engineers to join our Cadence North America Field Applications Team.

Working at Cadence means working alongside the industry’s brightest people and innovating for the most advanced companies in the world.

Through Cadence's Electronic Design Automation (EDA) products, we've worked with a wide range of customers, from helping build the world's most powerful supercomputer to innovating in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Key Responsibilities

Provide technical support to Cadence customers in the areas of Backend Digital Design Implementation and Signoff including Place and Route, Design Closure, and timing / power signoff

Guide customers on how to best utilize Cadence technologies to achieve their design goals and meet project schedules

Conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations

Drive technical evaluations / benchmarks to success

Work closely with R&D to enhance the tools and methodologies to meet and exceed customer’s requirements

Drive adoption and proliferation of Cadence tools and technologies

Amend and augment the flow as needed using Tcl and / or other programming skills to meet objectives and improve results / flows

Capture best practices and lessons learned from current evaluations / benchmarks and utilize to improve efficiency and success rate in next engagements

Job Requirements

Minimum

BS degree Computer Science / Engineering, Electrical, Engineering, or related field

8+ years of design / EDA experience

Strong knowledge in Digital Design Fundamentals, Semiconductor fundamentals, and Static Timing Analysis is required

Prior experience with IC digital implementation flows and backend EDA tools including Place and Route, IR Drop, backend design timing and power closure

Experience with advanced nodes 10nm and below

Experience in scripting languages such as Tcl / Perl / Python is a must

Strong customer-facing communication and problem-solving skills

Strong personal drive for continuous learning and expanding professional skill sets

Strong verbal, written, and customer communication skills

Preferred

MS degree Computer Science / Engineering, Electrical, Engineering, or related field

Prior experience with IC digital implementation flows and font-end EDA tools including Synthesis, DFT, and Logical Equivalence Checking

Prior experience with Cadence tools such as Genus, Innovus, Conformal, Tempus, Modus, and / or Voltus is highly desired

Experience with advanced nodes 5nm and below

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