Job Overview
Location
HOME OR
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Engineering
Date Posted
May 22, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Sr Principal Application Engineer - Emulation at Cadence Design Systems, you will serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor to customers, driving the adoption and success of Cadence’s market-leading emulation and prototyping platforms such as Palladium and Protium.
- • Day to day, you will develop customer-specific emulation and prototyping requirements, provide in-depth technical assistance in collaboration with R&D, champion customer needs to shape competitive solutions, write technical product literature, review new product proposals, and assume technical leadership roles within the team.
- • You will join a global team of innovators at Cadence, a leader in electronic design automation, where you’ll work closely with R&D, marketing, and customers to solve complex verification challenges and secure design wins in the semiconductor industry.
- • In this role, you will deepen your expertise in hardware emulation, verification methodologies, and SoC architecture while influencing product direction, mentoring peers, and establishing yourself as a go-to expert for advanced verification flows and customer technical success.
🎯 Requirements
- • MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- • Strong RTL and Testbench debug skills
- • Experience in synthesizable coding style and scripting (Perl, Python, or TCL)
- • Strong software, HDL design, and verification skills with experience in SystemVerilog, VHDL, Verilog, C/C++/SystemC
- • 5+ years of industry experience
🏖️ Benefits
- • Opportunity to work on market-leading emulation and prototyping tools like Palladium and Protium
- • Collaboration with R&D and marketing to develop competitive technical solutions
- • Technical leadership roles and influence on product direction within a global innovation-driven team
Skills & Technologies
About Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Cadence Design Systems provides electronic design automation software, hardware, and IP for semiconductor and system companies. Its tools support the full IC design flow from verification and implementation to packaging and PCB design. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cadence serves communications, consumer, automotive, aerospace, and industrial markets worldwide, enabling complex SoCs and next-generation electronic products.
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