Principal Application Engineer, Customer Engagement
About The Position
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. We are a global electronic design automation company, providing software, hardware, and intellectual property to design advanced semiconductor chips that enable our customers create revolutionary products and experiences. Thanks to the outstanding caliber of the Cadence team and the empowering culture that we have cultivated for over 25 years, Cadence continues to be recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Our shared passion for solving the world’s toughest technical challenges, our dedication to pushing the limits of the industry, and our drive to do meaningful work differentiates the people of Cadence. Cadence is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other protected class.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum eight (8) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
- Digital design fundamentals including static timing analysis concepts like setup timing, hold timing, RC extraction, delay calculation, and OCV analysis
- Utilize digital design fundamentals to review semiconductor designs and evaluate design quality
- IC digital implementation flows, including synthesis, place and route
- Utilize Cadence tools such as Genus, Innovus, Cerebrus or Tempus to design semiconductor chips
- Analyze and debug customer flows and EDA tools
- Analyze and present EDA tool benchmark results to customers
- Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States.
Responsibilities
- Utilizing engineering background, provide pre-sales and/or post-sales technical customer support including implementation, training, and maintenance support for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and semiconductor intellectual property (IP).
- Deploy Cadence’s market-leading technologies in Synthesis, place and route (P&R), and Signoff to meet and exceed their power, performance, and area (PPA) targets, achieve faster design closure, and turn their design concepts into reality.
- Guide customers on how to best utilize Cadence technologies to achieve their design goals at advanced nodes and meet project schedules.
- Conduct technical presentations and drive technical evaluations and benchmarks to success.
- Amend and augment the flow as needed using Tcl and/or other programming skills to meet objectives and improve results and flows.
- Work closely with R&D on tools and methodology improvements.
- Create and contribute technical content for Cadence Online Support (COS).
Benefits
- paid vacation and paid holidays
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- employee stock purchase plan
- a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
