Senior Principal IC Quality Engineer — AI-Driven QA & ISO 9001

Cadence; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation & holidays

401(k) plan with employer match

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical, dental and vision plans

Job summary

Cadence seeks a Technical Quality Engineer as part of the Silicon Solutions Group to improve design and verification quality for semiconductor IP. You will collaborate with IP design, methodology, and CAD teams to drive root-cause analyses, QA/QC process definitions, and efficiency gains through agentic AI.

On-site in North American design centers (Austin or Cary), the role emphasizes maintaining ISO 9001 and ISO 26262 certifications, and participating in foundry quality programs with senior

Qualifications

• MSEE required; 7+ years experience in IC design, verification, or silicon quality.
• Hands-on defect management and analysis experience (RCA/5Why/8D a plus).
• Strong communication, quality mindset, proactivity and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the global SSG Quality Team.
• Represent SSG Quality to customers and partners.
• Improve flows and procedures across the organization.
• Define and maintain quality procedures for multiple design teams.
• Improve QA efficiency with agentic AI implementations.
• Generate and communicate quality metrics.
• Perform root-cause analysis and drive corrective actions.
• Lead post-mortem reviews and present results.
• Support Failure Analysis reports and certify ISO 9001 and ISO 26262.
• Support participation in external foundry quality programs.

Skills

IC design

IC verification

Defect analysis

RCA/5Why/8D

Quality assurance

Communication

Teamwork

Education

MSEE

Job description

Cadence seeks a Technical Quality Engineer as part of the Silicon Solutions Group to improve design and verification quality for semiconductor IP. You will collaborate with IP design, methodology, and CAD teams to drive root-cause analyses, QA/QC process definitions, and efficiency gains through agentic AI.

On-site in North American design centers (Austin or Cary), the role emphasizes maintaining ISO 9001 and ISO 26262 certifications, and participating in foundry quality programs with senior