Principal FPGA Design Engineer

Cadence Design Systems; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where you can work on cutting-edge technology and make a significant impact in the world of electronic design. This role focuses on the design and verification of FPGA intellectual properties, offering you the chance to collaborate with a diverse team of talented individuals. You will engage in innovative projects that challenge your skills and creativity, all while benefiting from a supportive environment that emphasizes career development and employee well-being. With a competitive salary range and excellent benefits, this opportunity is perfect for those looking to advance their careers while contributing to groundbreaking technology solutions.

Benefits

Paid vacation

401(k) plan with employer match

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical, dental, and vision plan options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in FPGA design and verification.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering required.

Responsibilities

• Design and verify FPGA IPs for Protium platform.
• Debug and fix internal regression failures for FPGA IPs.

Skills

FPGA design

FPGA verification

Verilog

Debugging FPGAs

Linux servers

Shell scripting

Perl scripting

TCL scripting

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Vivado

Cadence Simulators Incisive

Xcelium

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.

The Cadence Advantage

• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in an environment that encourages you to be creative, innovative, and to make an impact.
• Cadence’s employee-friendly policies focus on the physical and mental well-being of employees, career development, providing opportunities for learning, and celebrating success in recognition of specific needs of the employees.
• The unique “One Cadence – One Team” culture promotes collaboration within and across teams to ensure customer success.
• Multiple avenues of learning and development available for employees to explore as per their specific requirement and interests.
• You get to work with a diverse team of passionate, dedicated, and talented individuals who go above and beyond for our customers, our communities, and each other—every day.

Job Responsibility

Protium is leading product in FPGA Emulation/Prototyping domain. This role is to design, verification, timing closure and hardware validation of the FPGA IPs.

• Developing field-programmable gate array intellectual properties (FPGA IPs) for Protium platform, including design, verification, integration, timing closure, documentation and releasing the IPs to end users;
• Working on FPGA IP Design, Verification/Simulation, Timing closure, Validation of IP on the hardware;
• Enhancing current IPs as well as developing new IPs.
• Debug and fix internal regression failures for FPGA IPs.
• Documentation of IPs.

Position Requirements/Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience with FPGA design and verification using Verilog.
• Experience with high-end Xilinx (AMD) FPGAs including using Vivado tool for simulation, place and route.
• Experience in debugging FPGAs in the lab using Vivado hardware manager, debugging with firmware/software.
• Experience using Linux servers, script development using Shell/Perl/TCL.
• Experience using Cadence Simulators Incisive or Xcelium.
• Detailed knowledge about industry standard interfaces such as PCI Express, DRAM/DDR4, SRAM, I2C, JTAG, AXI.

The annual salary range for California is $131,600 to $244,400. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

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