Senior Principal Quality Engineer - AI-Driven IC Design

Cadence; San Jose (CA); Sur place; USD 154 000 - 286 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

401(k) plan with employer match

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical, dental and vision plans

Résumé du poste

Cadence seeks a Technical Quality Engineer to join the Silicon Solutions Group and act as a quality champion for multiple design teams. You will analyze defects, define QA and QC processes, and drive efficiency with agentic AI systems while reporting quality metrics to senior management.

You will help sustain ISO 9001 and ISO 26262 certifications and support external foundry quality programs, collaborating across global teams to improve flows and ensure high-quality semiconductor IP delivery.

Qualifications

• MSEE degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in analog or digital IC design or verification, or silicon fabrication QA.
• Analog IC design experience is a plus.
• Defect management/analysis methods such as RCA, 5Why, 8D are a plus.
• Strong communication, quality focus, proactivity and responsibility.
• Strong problem solving and teamwork skills.

Responsabilités

• Actively participate on the global SSG Quality Team.
• Represent the SSG Quality Team to customers and partners.
• Implement improvements to flows and procedures across the org.
• Define and maintain quality procedures for multiple design teams.
• Improve quality procedures with agentic AI systems.
• Generate, interpret, and communicate quality metrics.
• Perform Root-Cause-Analysis and identify Corrective Actions.
• Hold Post-Mortem reviews and summarize results.
• Assist design teams in Failure Analysis reports.
• Maintain ISO 9001 and ISO 26262 certifications.
• Support participation in external foundry quality programs.

Connaissances

IC design

IC verification

Defect management

RCA

5Why/8D

Communication

Teamwork

Agentic AI

Formation

MSEE

Description du poste

Cadence seeks a Technical Quality Engineer to join the Silicon Solutions Group and act as a quality champion for multiple design teams. You will analyze defects, define QA and QC processes, and drive efficiency with agentic AI systems while reporting quality metrics to senior management.

You will help sustain ISO 9001 and ISO 26262 certifications and support external foundry quality programs, collaborating across global teams to improve flows and ensure high-quality semiconductor IP delivery.