Principal Application Engineer (STA - SignOff)

Cadence Design Systems•Austin, TX

2d•$116,200 - $215,800

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 looking for a Principal Application Engineer responsible for providing pre-sales and post-sales technical support for the Digital Implementation and Signoff tools. The candidate will work closely with sales executives in supporting sales campaigns by delivering workshops, benchmarks, product demonstrations, methodology consultations and product support.

Requirements

Strong knowledge of Digital Design Fundamentals, Semiconductor fundamentals and Static Timing Analysis is required
Working knowledge of a scripting language TCL/Perl/Python
Minimum BS-EE plus 8 to 10 year’s experience or MS-EE plus 6 to 8 year’s experience
Core timing signoff expertise, advanced node STA, UPF & constraints debugging, hierarchical & 3DIC design STA and closure solutions
Candidate should have strong customer-facing communication and problem solving skills
Strong personal drive for continuous learning and expanding professional skill sets
Strong verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with ASIC digital implementation flows and tools is a plus

Responsibilities

Presenting to customers the technical capabilities of Cadence Digital Implementation and Signoff tools and flows (Synthesis, Place and Route, Timing/Physical/Power Signoff).
Recognizing opportunities for products at existing customers or potential customers, and working with account team to define and execute technical campaigns
Support technical evaluations/benchmarks and drive the process to deliver Cadence solutions implementations
Ongoing support and usage proliferation at existing customers (on/offsite)
Working closely with R&D on tools and methodology improvements
Create and contribute technical content for Cadence Online Support
Travel as required (up to 20%)