Group Director, Digital Implementation & Signoff

Cadence; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence in the United States is seeking an experienced Digital Implementation & Signoff Customer Engagement Group Director to lead and execute complex customer engagements across physical implementation, signoff, and verification flows.

This role provides deep technical expertise, drives advanced-node enablement, supports PPA realization, and partners closely with R&D, field application engineers, customers, and foundries to deliver scalable digital implementation solutions.

Qualifications

• Deep technical knowledge of digital physical implementation and backend design flows.
• Experience with PPA optimization and advanced-node enablement.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and work with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute Digital Implementation & Signoff customer engagements from discovery through deployment.
• Provide expert guidance in physical implementation, signoff, verification flows, design closure, and timing/power analysis.
• Lead new process technology platform enablement and support customer success across advanced-node designs.
• Drive PPA realization through benchmarking, methodology development, flow optimization, and issue resolution.
• Run expert benchmarks and solve complex customer problems involving implementation, signoff, and verification challenges.
• Test, document, and deploy Digital Implementation solutions, methodologies, and best practices.
• Partner with R&D, field application engineers, customers, and foundries to identify product requirements and define enhancements.

Skills

Digital implementation

Signoff & verification

Leadership & mentoring

PPA optimization

Job description

Cadence in the United States is seeking an experienced Digital Implementation & Signoff Customer Engagement Group Director to lead and execute complex customer engagements across physical implementation, signoff, and verification flows.

This role provides deep technical expertise, drives advanced-node enablement, supports PPA realization, and partners closely with R&D, field application engineers, customers, and foundries to deliver scalable digital implementation solutions.