Lead Application Engineer

Cadence Design Systems; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems in Cork is seeking a Lead Application Engineer to engage with customers, lead schematic capture and PCB front-end flows, and drive product improvements across R&D and Marketing. You will deliver demos, training, and workshops while debugging complex design issues and creating self-help content for customers.

The role requires deep PCB design experience, Cadence tool expertise, and strong communication skills to interface with external customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of PCB design flows with Cadence Allegro and HDL/Orcad Capture.
• 7+ years of industry experience in Hardware Design Engineering or related roles.
• Translate customer requirements into EDA workflows and automation solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication with external customers and R&D teams.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand design challenges and propose technical solutions.
• Act as the primary technical interface for customers on schematic capture and PCB front-end flows.
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Engineering and Marketing to drive product improvements.
• Consult with customers to understand innovative design needs and communicate with internal teams.
• Conduct technical demos, training sessions and workshops for customers and partners.
• Debug complex schematic design issues, netlisting problems, and library inconsistencies.
• Create high-impact knowledge articles, tool adoption kits, and self-help content for customers.
• Establish technical credibility and become the go-to expert for inquiries and support.
• Assume technical leadership roles in small teams as needed.

Skills

PCB design flows

Verbal & written communications

Hardware design engineering

Customer-facing experience

Design reviews & leadership

Education

BE/BTech

ME/MS/MTech

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Orcad Capture

HDL

Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health. At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Job Title

Lead Application Engineer

Location

Cork

Reports to

AE Director

Job Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand their design challenges and propose technical solutions, guidance on methodology and best practices.
• Act as the primary technical interface for customers on schematic capture and PCB front-end flows
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Engineering and Marketing teams to drive product improvements and increase proliferation of Cadence solutions.
• Consult and understand the innovative design needs from customers and communicate with internal teams.
• Conduct technical demos, training sessions and workshops for customers and partners
• Debug complex schematic design issues, netlisting problems, library inconsistencies and design flows
• Creating high impact knowledge article content, tool adoption kits and other high-level documents to increase the self-help of customers
• Establish technical credibility and rapport with the customer and become the go-to expert for all their technical inquiries and support
• Assume technical leadership roles in small teams as needed.

Job Qualifications

• Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related field BE/BTech -7Years+ ME/MS/MTech - 5years+ Hands-on experience with PCB design/ EDA industry Requirements and Technical Skills Minimum: Solid understanding of PCB design flows with Cadence Allegro Design Entry HDL/Orcad Capture 7+ years of relevant industry experience in Hardware Design Engineering, CAD, or application / technical support roles
• Knowledge about Product Life Management Cycle system Translate customer requirements into EDA workflows, best practices, and automation solutions
• Ability to quickly analyse design environments and design complexity Verbal and written communication skills Ability to interact effectively with both external customers and R&D teams
• Preferred: System-level design and large-scale schematic environments Experience in high-speed and complex PCB design environments Familiarity with complete PCB design cycle and CAD tools involved Exposure with TCL, SKILL, python or equivalent script language Proven experience in customer-facing technical roles

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