Lead Application Engineer: Digital Design - Synthesis & Implementation

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; Belo Horizonte; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, seeks a Lead Application Engineer for Digital Design—Synthesis & Implementation. You will lead projects with global peers, verify problems, and deliver resolutions across Cadence tools.

You will help customers deploy our industry-leading technology and contribute to collateral and tests to support success. Ideal candidates have a strong RTL background (Verilog/VHDL), IC tape-out experience, and scripting skills (TCL/Python).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or related fields.
• Strong RTL knowledge with Verilog or VHDL.
• Experience with Synthesis/Place-and-Route and signoff timing.
• Exposure to microelectronics/EDA with IC front- or back-end flows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Problem-solving mindset and customer-focused approach.
• Experience in TCL and Python scripting.
• IC tape-out experience.
• Cadence digital tools knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects with global peers on digital design, synthesis and implementation.
• Collaborate with customer engineering teams to verify problems and deliver resolutions.
• Develop test collateral and application notes to help customers succeed.
• Guide teams on best technologies and methodologies for Cadence flows.

Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Cadence Design Systems Inc. is looking for a motivated Lead Application Engineer: Digital Design - Synthesis & Implementation to work with us in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

As a Lead Application Engineer: Digital Design - Synthesis & Implementation you will work with Digital and Signoff Group, providing technical support, enabling customers to effectively deploy our industry-leading technology, focusing on logical and physical implementation products, and deploying technology using tools such as Genus, Modus, Innovus, Conformal, or Tempus. You will be on a team working with our customers to understand their needs, guide the best technologies and methodologies to enable their success, and produce innovative solutions to address our customers most challenging problems. Cadence has been nominated as a Great Place to Work globally and in Brazil and is also a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. In addition to the more than 30 global workplace awards throughout 2024, Cadence was also recognized as one of Forbes World's Best Workplaces for Women and has received the 2025 Human Rights Campaign Equality 100 Award as a workplace leader for LGBTQ+ employees.

Job Description

Work together with global peers on diverse teams collaborating on the newest technologies. Lead projects and junior engineers Collaborate with customer engineer's teams to verify problems, create solutions tests, and deliver final resolutions. Understand the competitive landscape and continuously work on differentiating Cadence's solutions. Develop collateral in support articles and application notes that customers and coworkers can use to excel in their responsibilities.

Requirements

• Complete Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and related areas.
• Good RTL understanding (Verilog or VHDL).
• Exposure with Synthesis or Place and Route methodologies or signoff timing.
• Exposure to microelectronics and or EDA, with experience on IC front or backend flows.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Good problem-solving skills.
• A strong interest in contributing to customer success with related technical interest in EDA, HDL's, and Logic Design.
• Experience in scripting languages such as TCL and Python.
• Proved participation on IC Tape outs.
• Knowledge of Cadence digital tools would be a plus.

Additional Job Details

• Employment category: CLT.
• Employment term: 40 hours/week.
• Competitive benefits.
• Location: Av Contorno 5800, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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