Cadence Design Systems

Sr. Principal Product Engineer, RTL-GDSII

Cadence Design Systems • $120K — $160K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field; Master's preferred
  • 10+ years experience with industry standard place-and-route tools (7+ years with Master's)
  • Strong understanding of RTL-GDSII flow
  • Familiarity with PDK and DK collateral
  • Solid grasp of timing and power analysis principles
  • Proficient scripting capabilities
  • Eligibility to work in the US

Responsibilities

  • Provide place-and-route expertise to customers and internal teams
  • Conduct PPA benchmarking on test cases from customers and foundries
  • Assess impact of new features on performance, power, and area (PPA)
  • Serve as a liaison for feature communication between customers/foundries and R&D
  • Develop tailored point solutions using scripting
  • Perform data mining and analysis to identify PPA limiting issues and optimization opportunities
Full Job Description

This position presents an exciting opportunity within Cadence’s Digital and Signoff Group (DSG) for a Product Engineer. In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate closely with R&D, Application Engineering & product marketing teams to help drive the development of advanced chip design software tools. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Provide place-and-route expertise to both Cadence customers and internal development teams
  • PPA benchmarking on customer and foundry test cases
  • Evaluate impact of new features on PPA
  • Be a liaison for new features between customer/foundry and R&D development teams
  • Develop point solutions with scripting
  • Data mining and analysis to uncover PPA limiting issues and identify optimization opportunities

Minimum Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor or Master’s degree in EE/CS or equivalent major (Masters level preferred)
  • A minimum of 10 years of hands on experience with any industry standard place-and-route tools (7 years with Master Degree)
  • A good understanding of the RTL-GDSII flow
  • A good understanding of the PDK and DK collaterals
  • Firm understanding of Timing and power analysis
  • Good scripting skills
  • Must be legally eligible to work in the US

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
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$590.6 million
Founded
2018
5 Year Trend
+10.5%
Revenue
$2.6 billion
NASDAQ
CDNS
* Ladders Estimates

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