Firmware & Diagnostics Architect
Cadence Design Systems4 days ago
Base Salary
$186k - $345k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and long-term strategy for platform firmware, diagnostics, telemetry, observability, health monitoring, fault detection, and automated recovery.
- Develop scalable platform management and diagnostic frameworks across multiple product generations.
- Define reliability, serviceability, validation, board bring-up, manufacturing test, and field diagnostic strategies.
- Lead investigations, failure analysis, root-cause analysis, and issue triage across hardware, firmware, operating systems, and infrastructure.
- Drive design reviews, technical readiness assessments, engineering standards, architectural reviews, and technology roadmaps.
- Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders and influence direction across multiple engineering organizations.
- Represent firmware and diagnostics architecture in executive and customer-facing discussions.
Requirements
- BS with at least 12 years of experience, MS with at least 10 years, or PhD with at least 8 years; the posting also requires 12+ years in firmware, embedded systems, platform software, or hardware diagnostics.
- Strong C/C++ development expertise for embedded systems.
- Proven experience architecting complex firmware or diagnostics solutions.
- Deep understanding of system architecture, hardware/software interactions, and low-level debugging.
- Experience with platform bring-up, system validation, and hardware debugging.
- Preferred experience includes BMC and platform firmware architecture, Embedded Linux, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, high-speed interfaces, FPGA systems, diagnostics, telemetry, observability, hardware emulation, automated validation, manufacturing and field diagnostics, performance analysis, and failure triage.
- Preferred familiarity with JTAG, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, hardware debug tools, Python, Tcl, and Bash.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, technical leadership, cross-functional influence, and customer-focus skills.
Benefits
- Annual paid vacation and paid holidays.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Medical, dental, and vision plan options.
- California-based role with an annual base salary range of $185,500 to $344,500; incentive compensation may also include bonus and equity.
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.