Lead Product Engineer at Cadence Design Systems in Cary, NC

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

This is a unique opportunity to join the rapidly growing Product Engineering team in the IP Group at Cadence Design Systems. We are looking for a Lead Product Engineer who will be the main technical interface on Key Customer engagements deploying our advanced high speed PHY IP. This is a hands on technical position. The candidate must have experience successfully integrating and/or designing high speed PHY IP in an SOC and product level environment.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Main technical interface between R&D team and tier one customer design teams integrating advanced high speed PHY IP.
• Primary technical contact for customer SOC integration and DFT questions.
• Support customer SOC teams from RTL and PHY integration to final GDS, and production ramp.
• Primary technical link between R&D team and Field Application Engineers
• Generate technical specification, data sheets, and application notes.
• Update R&D teams with the latest customer feedback and competitive analysis.
• Support the entire IP product delivery cycle starting at initial presales stages.

Position Requirements:

• M.S. Electrical/Computer Engineering (or similar degree)
• At least 3 years of experience developing or using high speed PHYs (16Gbps+)
• Experience with PHY wafer probe and ATE testing desired.
• Experience working with USB, SATA, PCIe, or Ethernet protocols.
• Experience in SOC design implementation, from RTL to final GDS, and production ramp.
• Verilog design and static timing close experience.
• Experience with industry standard DFT flows and methodologies.
• Strong Exposure to all major IC implementation, DFT, design, verification, and debug tools.
• Strong debug and problem solving skills
• Familiarity with advanced technology nodes (16nm and below) is a plus
• Must have strong group presentation skills.

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