Software Architect
Cadence Design Systems3 days ago
Hsinchu, TaiwanStaff+
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and enhance frontend EDA tools for RTL and gate-level debug, waveform analysis, and design visualization.
- Improve performance, capacity, scalability, and usability for large-scale SoC designs and interactive analysis flows.
- Establish baseline performance metrics and investigate complex customer issues involving RTL, netlists, timing, and simulation data.
- Own frontend initiatives from concept through deployment and translate customer requirements into technical roadmaps.
- Partner with semiconductor and system customers to deliver production-ready solutions.
- Provide technical mentorship to engineers across global development teams.
Requirements
- A master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 20+ years of experience in EDA tool development, with strong emphasis on frontend debug and analysis.
- Deep understanding of RTL, netlist, simulation, and verification flows.
- Strong software engineering skills in C/C++, data structures, performance profiling, and large-codebase development.
- Experience improving tool performance, scalability, and developer productivity.
- Experience working directly with customers on complex design and tool-flow challenges.
- Preferred qualifications include frontend design debug platform experience, FPGA-based prototyping or emulation experience, cross-site or multidisciplinary engineering leadership, major performance improvements, and relevant patents or publications.
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.