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 Summary:
Drives development of products and technologies and has material responsibility for the success of the product/technology. Drive business growth through new technology deployment and new customer adoptions and eval wins. VIP PE is expected to be an expert in multiple domains of Verification IP family- protocol and product-wise. PE main role is to help accelerate VIP portfolio adoption at Cadence’s top tier customers by supporting pre-sales technical activities. To ensure that, one must have strong verification expertise and understand customer design and verification flows. As a PCIe/UCIe/UALink/MIPI VIPs and protocol expert, PE drives product knowledge transfer across our field engineers and customers, providing training and developing collaterals. The PE will also need to translate high-level requirements from customers into a technical spec and drive the product definition that fits the customer needs. PE is expected to work independently and collaborate with other team members (R&D, Marketing, support) to ensure all dimensions of the product are aligned. This role requires approximately 20% travel on average.
Job responsibilities: (edit as per the requirement)
- Leads projects with high resource, risk and/or complexity
- Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Stepping up on behalf of PE team during critical times and mitigating the risk
- Represent the PE team at different industry events and build the brand
- Develops and lead large and multiple cross-functional and cross-organizational programs, initiatives, and activities with high resource requirements, risk and/or complexity
- Continually evaluates technology effectiveness/data interoperability of complex systems
- Manages issue resolution with vendors on tech/product quality and functionality and influences vendor roadmap and direction of products
- Communicates highly complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.
Experience and Technical Skills required (edit as per the requirement):
- BSc/BTech with Electrical, Electronics & Comm or Computer Science Engineering
- At least 5 to 8 years of experience with Verification and Design
- Working knowledge of PCIe, UCIe, UALink, and MIPI protocols is a must
- Experience with Developing Verification environments using System Verilog
- Working knowledge and experience with the UVM methodology
- Good experience on solving complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
Behavioral skills required
- Must possess strong written, verbal and presentation skills
- Ability to establish a close working relationship with both customer peers and management
- Explore what’s possible to get the job done, including creative use of unconventional solutions
- Work effectively across functions and geographies
- Push to raise the bar while always operating with integrity
The annual salary range for California is $114,800 to $213,200. 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.
We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.Skills Required
- BSc/BTech in Electrical, Electronics & Communications or Computer Science Engineering
- 5 to 8 years of experience with verification and design
- Working knowledge of PCIe, UCIe, UALink, and MIPI protocols
- Experience developing verification environments using SystemVerilog
- Working knowledge and experience with the UVM methodology
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Ability to establish close working relationships with customers and management
- Ability to work effectively across functions and geographies
Cadence Design Systems Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cadence Design Systems and has not been reviewed or approved by Cadence Design Systems.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A discounted ESPP with a lookback feature and equity included in total compensation make ownership broadly accessible and potentially meaningful. Structured compensation at an industry leader adds predictability to equity participation.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are described as solid, with mental‑health/EAP and fertility support enhancing the offering. The breadth across core care and family‑building needs strengthens the healthcare package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Global Recharge Days, volunteer time off, and companywide breaks indicate a comprehensive time‑off framework. In addition, many salaried roles are described as having flexible or generous PTO policies.
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What We Do
Cadence enables electronic systems and semiconductor companies to create the innovative end products that are transforming the way people live, work and play. Cadence® software, hardware and IP are used by customers to deliver products to market faster. The company's Intelligent System Design strategy helps customers develop differentiated products—from chips to boards to intelligent systems—in mobile, consumer, cloud, data center, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial and other market segments. Cadence is listed as one of Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For.









