Principal Application Engineer, Digital Implementation

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in California seeks a Principal Application Engineer to lead pre-sales and post-sales technical support for Digital Implementation and Signoff tools. You will collaborate with sales to deliver workshops, benchmarks, demos, and methodology consultations.

Travel up to 20% and close collaboration with R&D. Strong timing signoff expertise and ASIC flow experience are required; excellent customer-facing communication is essential.

Qualifications

• BS-EE with 8–10 years of experience or MS-EE with 6–8 years.
• Core timing signoff expertise, advanced node STA, UPF & constraints debugging.
• Experience with ASIC digital implementation flows and tools; strong customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Present technical capabilities of Cadence Digital Implementation and Signoff tools to customers.
• Support pre-sales campaigns with workshops, benchmarks, and product demonstrations.
• Develop and execute technical campaigns with account teams; identify opportunities.
• Provide post-sales support and drive tool adoption at customers; travel up to 20%.

Skills

Customer-facing

Problem solving

Communication

Learning mindset

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

TCL

Perl

Python

Job description

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in California seeks a Principal Application Engineer to lead pre-sales and post-sales technical support for Digital Implementation and Signoff tools. You will collaborate with sales to deliver workshops, benchmarks, demos, and methodology consultations.

Travel up to 20% and close collaboration with R&D. Strong timing signoff expertise and ASIC flow experience are required; excellent customer-facing communication is essential.