Senior Principal Design Engineer

Cadence Design Systems

Senior Principal Design Engineer supporting Cadence adoption for Chip Designer Customers. Engaging in methodologies and implementations while assisting with technical presentations to enhance customer experience.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeAustin • California, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Perl

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the adoption of Cadence Products for Chip Designer Customers
Articulate design methodologies involving Cadence tools
Own block implementation, top-level implementation and Signoff focused efforts
Involve in competitive benchmarking on complex blocks including CPUs, GPUs and DSP cores
Assist customers with adopting Cadence Front End tools in Synthesis with Genus DFT & Scan with Encounter Test
Drive best practices and lessons learnt from evaluations/benchmarks back into product development

Requirements

What you’ll need

Design experience in ASIC using industry-standard hardware description languages (Verilog)
7+ years experience and strong technical knowledge of Cadence products
Experience with Place and Route tools (Physical Synthesis, PnR, CTS, Static Timing Analysis)
Innovate with Low Power and Multi-Voltage Design Techniques
Experience supporting RTL-to-GDS implementation flows using Encounter Digital Implementation Platform
Ability to manage strategic customer evaluations/benchmarks
Create and conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations
Some TCL/Perl Scripting for quick Design Automation solutions

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
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Hard Skills & Tools

VerilogCadence productsPhysical SynthesisPnRCTSStatic Timing AnalysisLow Power Design TechniquesMulti-Voltage Design TechniquesRTL-to-GDS implementationTCL scripting

Soft Skills

customer evaluation managementtechnical presentationsproduct demonstrations