Principal Design Engineer

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; Cork; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the technology industry is seeking a Principal Design Engineer in Cork to join their experienced Controller IP Team. This role involves architecting solutions for DDR memory controllers and requires extensive experience in microelectronics and design verification. Strong team collaboration and leadership skills are essential for success in delivering advanced high-tech products.

Benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity

Diverse candidate pool encouraged

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in microelectronics/EDA industry.
• Experience in Verilog RTL Design and Metric Driven Verification.
• Excellent oral and written English skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect solutions for DDR controller features.
• Design RTL in an automated environment.
• Improve quality and efficiency through better development processes.

Skills

Electronics

Verilog RTL Design

SoC Architecture

Technical Team Leadership

Communication

Education

Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Front-end design tools

Automated Design Tools

Job description

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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:Principal Design Engineer(Memory)

Location:Cork

Reports to:Design Engineering Director

Job Overview:

The Cadence Silicon Solutions Group (SSG) developleading edge Intellectual Property (IP) for a variety of High-Tech Markets. The Cadence IP solutions allow our Customers to tackle IP-to-SoC development in a system context, enabling them to focus on product differentiation and to reduce time to volume.

This is an opportunity to join a development team designing state-of-the-art DDR memory controllers to be used in a wide range of applications including Datacenter, Edge computing, Automotive, and AI. Cadence is a leading provider of IP solutions for the biggest names in the technology industry.

The Principal Design Engineer will be based in Cork, as part of an experienced Controller IP Team with long established Controller development sites in Europe, US and India.

Job Responsibilities:

Architect solutions for the latest DDR controller features and customer requirements.

Design RTL in a highly configurable and automated environment.

Work in small project teams.

Work across disciplines with Design Verification, Support, Delivery, Application Engineers, PHY design team, etc.

Utilize Cadence’s Design Automation flow and IP development tools.

Develop high speed circuits and low power features.

Improve quality and efficiency and help refine development process for greater productivity of the team through automation and improved methods.

Participate in an engineering team to advance our product.

Job Qualifications:

Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Microelectronics, or a related discipline.

10+ years’ experience in microelectronics/EDA industry.

Experience of Verilog RTL Design essential.

Experience of Metric Driven Verification (MDV) essential.

Experience of Front-end design tools covering LINT, Synthesis, CDC Analysis essential.

Experience of SoC Architecture and Development essential.

Experience of Technical Team leadership essential.

Excellent oral and written English essential.

Self-motivated with excellent planning, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

Experience of AMBA protocols such as CHI, AXI, AHB & APB preferred.

Experience of SystemVerilog for design preferred.

Experience of Quality processes, such as ISO-9001 & ISO-26262 preferred.

Additional Information:

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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