Senior Graphics Engineer — Rendering & Visualization Lead

Cadence Design Systems; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Graphics to design, implement, and maintain graphics workflows for MSC Apex and related engineering software platforms. The role emphasizes hands‑on development, rendering integration, visualization components, and performance optimization.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver reliable, user‑friendly graphics functionality for engineering desktop applications and contribute as a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant engineering/computer science field.
• 10+ years building commercial or enterprise desktop software, preferably CAD/CAE or graphics‑intensive domains.
• Strong hands‑on C++ in production desktop apps; experience with graphics pipelines and visualization workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain graphics and visualization capabilities for engineering desktop applications.
• Implement rendering, model display, selection, interaction, view manipulation, annotation, and color mapping features.
• Work with graphics frameworks, rendering pipelines, and visualization libraries to meet product requirements.
• Analyze and resolve graphics defects, rendering artifacts, and performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with architects and principal engineers on design direction and component ownership.
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers while contributing as a hands‑on developer.

Skills

C++

Debugging

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in engineering/computer science

Tools

VTK

OpenGL

DirectX

Vulkan

HOOPS

OpenSceneGraph

Ogre

RenderDoc

NVIDIA Nsight

AMD Radeon Profiler

Job description

Cadence Design Systems is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Graphics to design, implement, and maintain graphics workflows for MSC Apex and related engineering software platforms. The role emphasizes hands‑on development, rendering integration, visualization components, and performance optimization.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver reliable, user‑friendly graphics functionality for engineering desktop applications and contribute as a