DSP Hardware Design Engineer — AI/Accelerator Focus

Cadence; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation and holidays

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Job summary

Cadence seeks a senior DSP/CPU design specialist in California to advance state-of-the-art digital logic for high-performance processors and accelerators. You will apply Verilog/SystemVerilog expertise, leverage EDA tools, and contribute to data-path design and DSP algorithms across audio, speech, image, and video domains.

The role emphasizes strong communication, self-motivation, and a proactive approach to learning and contributing within the Cadence technology ecosystem.

Qualifications

• MS in EE/Computer Engg. with 5+ years of relevant CPU/DSP design experience.
• Excellent logic design skills demonstrated by CPU/DSP/NPU/Hardware Accelerator implementations/tape-outs.
• Experience in data-path component design is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog and popular EDA implementation, simulation and verification tools.
• Experience in AI-native logic design, analysis and/or optimization workflows is a plus.
• Good knowledge of computer architecture and pipeline designs is required.
• Experience in scripting languages. Perl knowledge is required.
• Experience with assembly language programming is a plus.
• Knowledge of DSP algorithms in audio, speech, image, video and communication domains is a plus.

Skills

CPU/DSP design

Verilog/SystemVerilog

AI-native logic design

Computer architecture

Pipelining concepts

DSP algorithms

C/C++ understanding

Communication skills

Education

MS in EE/Computer Engg.

Tools

Verilog

SystemVerilog

EDA tools

Perl

Assembly language

C/C++ compilers

Job description

Cadence seeks a senior DSP/CPU design specialist in California to advance state-of-the-art digital logic for high-performance processors and accelerators. You will apply Verilog/SystemVerilog expertise, leverage EDA tools, and contribute to data-path design and DSP algorithms across audio, speech, image, and video domains.

The role emphasizes strong communication, self-motivation, and a proactive approach to learning and contributing within the Cadence technology ecosystem.