
RTL2GDS, Product Engineering Architect
Cadence Design Systems1 month ago
Base Salary
$179k - $332k/yr
Responsibilities
- Support Cadence digital products and provide place-and-route expertise to customers and internal development teams.
- Track and resolve customer issues in collaboration with R&D and release teams.
- Conduct design benchmarks and diagnose customer challenges.
- Develop innovative RTL-to-GDSII flows and methodologies tailored to customer needs.
- Collaborate with R&D, application engineering, and product marketing teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
- At least seven years of experience in digital implementation as a design or product engineer.
- Strong understanding of VLSI physical design and timing analysis, including clock tree synthesis, routing optimization, and silicon signoff challenges.
- Experience with industry-standard EDA tools for synthesis, physical design, and signoff at 7nm and below nodes.
- Scripting language or AI tool proficiency for productivity enhancement is preferred.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Benefits
- Annual California salary range of $178,500 to $331,500, plus potential bonus and equity incentive compensation.
- Paid vacation and paid holidays.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Medical, dental, and vision plan options.
Categories
Product Engineering
About Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems builds electronic design automation (EDA) software, emulation/acceleration hardware, and reusable IP that help semiconductor and systems companies design, verify, and implement chips and electronic systems. It also develops computational engineering tools, including computational fluid dynamics and molecular modeling for drug discovery. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cadence is a public company listed on NASDAQ under the ticker CDNS.