Serves as a senior technical leader for Cadence’s field applications team, guiding semiconductor customers in adopting digital implementation, signoff, and Agentic AI solutions at advanced nodes. Leads technical engagement strategies, benchmarks, flow optimization, design closure initiatives, and customer escalations. Collaborates with R&D and product engineering, influences tool enhancements, leads technical teams, and represents Cadence through industry presentations and technical publications.
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
The Principal Application Engineer will serve as a senior technical leader within Cadence’s North America Field Applications Team, driving strategic customer engagements and influencing next-generation EDA & Agentic-AI solutions. This role demands exceptional technical depth, proven leadership, and the ability to align cross-functional teams toward delivering advanced design solutions for leading semiconductor companies.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Define and execute technical engagement strategies for top semiconductor design team, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and customer success metrics.
- Customer Advocacy: Act as a trusted advisor for executive-level stakeholders, guiding adoption of Cadence’s digital implementation, signoff technologies and AgenticAI features across advanced nodes (3nm and below).
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with R&D and Product Engineering to influence tool enhancements based on real-world customer requirements.
- Innovation & Enablement: Drive complex benchmarks, flow optimizations, and deployment of cutting-edge methodologies for front-end technologies like Synthesis, RTL power estimation, Formal Verification P&R, STA, IR Drop, and power/timing closure.
- Thought Leadership: Represent Cadence at industry forums, author technical papers, and deliver keynote presentations to position Cadence as a market leader.
- Operational Excellence: Establish best practices for engagement models, resource planning, and technical escalations to ensure timely and successful project execution.
- Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in IC design implementation, with demonstrated success in managing large-scale technical programs.
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Deep expertise in digital design fundamentals, advanced node implementation (3nm and below), and EDA tool ecosystems.
- Proven track record of leading technical teams and driving customer success at executive levels.
- Strong proficiency in scripting (Tcl, Python, Perl) and flow customization for design closure.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
- Prior experience with Cadence tools (Genus, Innovus, Conformal, Cerebrus) and competitive solutions highly desirable.
The annual salary range for California is $127,400 to $236,600. 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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