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Principal Product Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA
Senior level
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Austin, TX, USA
Senior level
Supports Cadence digital implementation and signoff products by debugging customer issues, partnering with R&D and release teams, running design benchmarks, and developing implementation flows. Requires deep expertise in ASIC RTL-to-GDSII methodologies, timing closure, PPA optimization, physical design, low-power and hierarchical design, and industry-standard EDA tools. The role also involves automation using Perl, Tcl, and shell scripting.
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At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

This opportunity is for a Product Engineer in the Digital and Signoff Group (DSG) at Cadence. The Cadence Digital and Signoff Group will offer you a dynamic environment in which you will work with innovative R&D and Customer Engagement teams to influence the development of software tools for advanced chip design platforms. As Product Engineer, you will be a source of technical place and route expertise to Cadence customers and to R&D.

You are a motivated and energetic engineer with a deep understanding of ASIC design methodologies and of every stage of the RTL to GDSII flow.
You have proven hands-on experience with timing closure and PPA optimization at 16nm and below nodes.
You combine your deep understanding with strong analysis skills to debug customer problems and propose solutions, with an organized and coherent approach.
You are an excellent communicator.

Position Responsibilities:
Support Cadence products in the Digital and Signoff team.
Track and debug customer issues and work with R&D and release team on issue resolution.
Run design benchmarks and develop flows and solutions.

Position Requirements:
MS in EE with 5+ years of experience in Digital Implementation, either as a design engineer or as a product engineer

Or BS in EE with 8+ years of experience in Digital Implementation, either as a design engineer or as a product engineer
Strong understanding of VLSI physical design and timing analysis; familiarity with digital implementation challenges including RTL synthesis, placement optimization, clock tree synthesis, routing optimization and silicon signoff.
Experience with industry standard EDA tools in Synthesis, Physical design and Signoff at 16nm and below nodes.
Exposure to, and solid understanding of, hierarchical design methodologies and low power design
Energetic team player with a passion for problem solving
Strong analysis skills with a track record to prove it
Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
Automation skills using Perl, Tcl and shell scripting

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