Principal Emulation and Prototyping IC Application Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Join our elite application engineering team for verification to work closely with the best AEs, PEs and R&D in EDA at a company listed in Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work as one of the 2021 World's Best Workplaces™ for the sixth time!

As an integral member of the North America Verification Field Applications Engineering (AE) Team, you will work directly with industry leading semiconductor and system companies to deploy Cadence’s market leading emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms, Palladium and Protium. In this customer facing role you will provide the front line technical support in the pre and post-sales process and will work with account team to come up with innovative solutions to address our customers’ most challenging problems in emulation and prototyping.

In this role, you will develop customer specific emulation and prototyping requirements, including advanced acceleration component development, methodology support, and operation and maintenance of Cadence’s emulation and prototyping tools and services. You will support technical evaluations and benchmark development for Cadence’s market leading tools such as Palladium acceleration and emulation platform and Protium prototyping platform. You will create and conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations for customers

Establish technical credibility and rapport with the customer and become the go-to expert for all of their technical inquiries and support 
Provide in-depth technical assistance in collaboration with R&D to help support advanced verification flows to secure design wins 
Champion the customer needs and work closely with R&D and marketing to develop competitive and creative technical solutions 
Understand the competitive landscape and continuously work on differentiating Cadence’s solutions 
Write technical product literature such as application notes and technical articles 
Review new product proposals and device specifications 
Assume technical leadership roles in small teams as needed

Requirements;

The major focus of this role will be on Transaction Based Acceleration (TBA) and will require strong skills in the following areas:

• Strong Verification skills with expertise in UVM, testbench architecture, test bench development
• Strong RTL and Testbench debug skills (SimVision, GDB)
• Fundamental SoC Architecture knowledge
• Strong knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Strong knowledge of UNIX, C/C++, scripting programming languages such as Perl, TCL
• Knowledge of protocols like JTAG, UART, PCIe, AXI, DDR is a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Self-motivated and strong teamwork skills

Experience in HW acceleration, In-Circuit Emulation or FPGA prototyping is highly desirable.

Minimum Experience

- BS or MS in Electronic Engineering

- Minimum experience required: 5-7 years of Industry experience

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The annual salary range for California is $120,400 to $223,600. 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.

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