Sr. Principal Physical Design AE

About the role

Be part of a team of Application Engineers providing technical support to Cadence customers in the areas of Backend Digital Design Implementation including Place and Route, Design Closure, and timing/power signoff.

Responsibilities

• Guide customers on how to best utilize Cadence technologies to achieve their design goals and meet project schedules.
• Collaborate with team to conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations.
• Drive technical evaluations/benchmarks to success.
• Work closely with R&D to enhance the tools and methodologies to meet and exceed customer’s requirements.
• Drive adoption and proliferation of Cadence tools and technologies.
• Provide guidance to the team to amend & augment the flow as needed using Tcl and/or other programming skills to meet objectives and improve results/flows.

Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of industry Physical Design experience.
• BS degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Prior experience with IC physical implementation flows and backend EDA tools.
• Experience with advanced nodes 3nm and below.
• Experience in scripting languages such as Tcl/Perl/Python is a must.
• Strong customer-facing communication and problem-solving skills.
• Strong personal drive for continuous learning and expanding professional skill sets.
• Strong verbal, written, and customer communication skills.

Pay

The annual salary range for California is $143,500 to $266,500. 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.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• A variety of medical, dental, and vision plan options.