Cadence Design Systems

Senior Principal Product Engineer

Cadence Design Systems$154K — $286K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master or Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electromagnetic Engineering or a related field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in antenna and RF circuit design.
  • Expertise in 3D computational electromagnetics with knowledge of FEM, FDTD, MoM, or similar algorithms.
  • Proficient in RF and antenna design with familiarity in tools like Clarity and Microwave Office.
  • Experience with SI/PI tools including PowerSI, OptimizPI, and XtractIM.
  • Strong focus on usability and high-quality software integrations.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain Cadence MSA products like Sigirty and Clarity.
  • Integrate MSA products with other Cadence product families.
  • Collaborate with Field Applications teams to gather feedback for product improvements.
  • Transform user feedback into detailed requirement specifications.
  • Implement software solutions based on requirement specifications.
  • Conduct thorough testing of software before customer release.
  • Create and contribute to documentation for end users.

Benefits

  • Paid vacation and holidays.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
  • Various medical, dental, and vision plan options.
Full Job Description
Job Overview:

As an EDA Product Engineer for the Sigirty & Clarity family of products, you will be responsible for capturing the requirements of, developing, testing and delivering software integrations between Sigirty / Clarity and other EDA tools within the Cadence EDA portfolio. You will work closely with other members of the Product Engineering and R&D teams to respond to development and enhancement requests, focusing primarily upon the usability and user experience of Sigirty and Clarity and their interactions with other Cadence tools. Some travel may be required.

Job Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain Cadence MSA products, including Sigirty, Clarity, and Microwave office.
• Integrate the MSA products with and their interactions with the Cadence other product families.
• Work in cooperation with local/international Field Applications team members to capture feedback and usability improvement requests for the Sigirty and Clarity family of products.
• Work in cooperation with R&D teams to transform feedback and improvement requests into detailed requirement specifications.
• Translate the requirement specifications into working software implementations.
• Perform detailed testing of the software implementations in preparation for release to customers.
• Author documentation and work with Technical Publications to ensure its inclusion into correct and easy to understand documents.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Master or Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science/Electromagnetic Engineering (or related field)
• Antenna, RF circuit design background with at least 5 years of professional experience
• Knowledge of 3D computational electromagnetics, understanding one of FEM, FDTD, MoM or other algorism. Familiar with industry electromagnetics software.
• Knowledge of RF and antenna design, familiar with Clarity, Microwave office, EMX, or other electromagnetics simulation tools; Understand PCB, Package SI/PI simulation.
• Familiar with SI/PI tools, like PowerSI, OptimizPI, XtractIM.
• Passionate about usability and delivery of right-the-first-time integrations
• Creativity and out-of-the-box thinking
• Capable of giving and accepting constructive feedback
• Collaboration and customer interaction skills
• Oral and written English proficiency

Desired Qualifications:
• Experience working in an agile and fast-paced product development environment
• Experience with Cadence EDA tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Allegro, and APD, PowerSI, PowerDC, Clarity, Microwave office, EMX, etc is a plus.

Additional Information:
The annual salary range for California is $154,000 to $286,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

About Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is an American multinational electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc. The company produces software, hardware and silicon structures for designing integrated circuits, systems on chips (SoCs) and printed circuit boards.
Learn more about Cadence Design Systems
Size
9,300 employees
Market Cap
$43.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$590.6 million
Founded
2018
5 Year Trend
+10.5%
Revenue
$2.6 billion
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