Senior AI Deployment Architect for Chip Design

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in Portland, OR seeks a Principal AI Forward Deployment Engineer to embed with strategic semiconductor customers and operationalize Cadence's AI tooling across end-to-end silicon design flows.

This senior, customer-facing role translates front-end, physical design, and methodology workstreams into measurable productivity gains powered by flagship LLMs and Cadence AI tooling. You will be the trusted technical lead, turning AI for chip design from a promise into a

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in EE, ECE, CS, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of hands-on semiconductor / chip design experience in front-end design, physical design, CAD/methodology flow, or leadership on production tape-outs.
• Deep fluency with industry EDA flows; personally shipped silicon.
• Proven ability to apply LLMs/AI tools to engineering work (agent-based debug, code/RTL generation, automation, copilots, RAG).
• Excellent customer-facing communication with staff RTL engineers, PD methodology leads, and CAD/design-enablement leaders.
• Bias to action, ownership, and ability to be the single point of contact for customer AI deployment.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Portland, OR; on-site as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end deployment of Cadence AI/LLM-powered solutions into customer silicon design flows.
• Architect and tune agentic workflows, prompt strategies, and tool-calling patterns on flagship LLMs to automate EDA tasks.
• Map customer methodology onto Cadence AI building blocks and define ROI-focused insertion points.
• Define and report KPIs; drive pilot-to-production rollout across business units.
• Serve as trusted technical advisor; run design reviews and collect actionable feedback for R&D and AI platform teams.
• Guide secure enterprise LLM access, on-prem vs gateway deployment, and data governance as needed.

Skills

AI deployment leadership

Customer-facing communication

End-to-end silicon design

RAG pipelines / agent workflows

Education

BS/MS/PhD in EE, ECE, CS

Job description

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in Portland, OR seeks a Principal AI Forward Deployment Engineer to embed with strategic semiconductor customers and operationalize Cadence's AI tooling across end-to-end silicon design flows.

This senior, customer-facing role translates front-end, physical design, and methodology workstreams into measurable productivity gains powered by flagship LLMs and Cadence AI tooling. You will be the trusted technical lead, turning AI for chip design from a promise into a