CST Application Engineer - Systems/ATX

Cadence Design Systems•San Jose, CA

2d•$61,600 - $114,400

About The Position

Cadence Design Systems is hiring new STEM bachelor’s graduates for its Customer Support Team (CST) Systems Rotational Program in San Jose, California. This entry-level, customer-facing role supports chip-to-board-to-system design using Cadence PCB, packaging, and system analysis tools. The engineer provides design services, technical sales support, and front-line customer support to Cadence customers, working with account teams to address challenging PCB, packaging, and signal- and power-integrity problems. The full-time, regular program lasts one year and includes two six-month rotations in Cadence Systems solutions, such as Allegro PCB Design, Sigrity signal and power integrity, and IC Packaging. Participants receive hands-on training from technical experts and application engineers. After completing the program, participants are assigned to a full-time role in a CST Systems group focused on customer accounts.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related STEM field.
Coursework or project experience in circuits, signals, or digital hardware, such as a capstone, club project, or board bring-up.
Strong communication skills.
Desire to work with customers.
Graduating with a bachelor’s degree; the program is only for students graduating with a bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience with a PCB or CAD tool such as Altium, KiCad, Eagle, or similar.

Responsibilities

Provide design services, technical sales support, and front-line customer support to Cadence customers.
Work with account teams to solve customer PCB, packaging, signal-integrity, and power-integrity problems.
Participate in two six-month rotations in Cadence Systems solutions.
Learn and provide customer-facing technical support, evaluations, and demonstrations.