IC DV Emulation Principal Application Engineer

Join our elite application engineering team for verification to work closely with the best AEs, PEs and R&D in EDA at a company listed in Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work  as one of the 2021 World's Best Workplaces™ for the sixth time!
As an integral member of the North America Verification Field Applications Engineering (AE) Team, you will work directly with industry leading semiconductor and system companies to deploy Cadence’s market leading emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms, Palladium and Protium. In this customer facing role you will provide the front line technical support in the pre and post-sales process and will work with account team to come up with innovative solutions to address our customers’ most challenging problems in emulation and prototyping.
In this role, you will develop customer specific emulation and prototyping requirements, including advanced acceleration component development, methodology support, and operation and maintenance of Cadence’s emulation and prototyping tools and services. You will support technical evaluations and benchmark development for Cadence’s market leading tools such as Palladium acceleration and emulation platform and Protium prototyping platform. You will create and conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations for customers.

Key Responsibilities;

Establish technical credibility and rapport with the customer and become the go-to expert for all of their technical inquiries and support

In collaboration with R&D, provide in-depth technical assistance to help support advanced verification flows to secure design wins

Champion the customer needs and work closely with R&D and marketing to develop competitive and creative technical solutions

Understand the competitive landscape and continuously work on differentiating Cadence’s solutions

Write technical product literature such as application notes and technical articles

Review new product proposals and device specifications

Assume technical leadership roles in small teams as needed

Requirements;

Minimum:

BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical, Engineering, or related field

Strong RTL and Testbench debug skills

Experience in synthesizable coding style

Experience in writing scripts (Perl, Python or Tcl)

Strong software, HDL design and verification skills

Experience with SystemVerilog, VHDL, Verilog, C/C++/SystemC

Ability to quickly analyze verification environments and design complexity

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Strong teamwork skills

Ability to interact effectively with both external customers and R&D teams

5+ years industry experience

Preferred:

Experience in HW acceleration, in-circuit emulation or FPGA prototyping

Experience with multiple clock domains and asynchronous interfaces

Knowledge of the FPGA development process & tool flow from RTL to bitstream for Xilinx and/or Altera products

Hands on experience with lab bring up, debug, chipscope and instrument usage

Experience with C/C++/SystemC

Knowledge of fundamental SoC Architecture knowledge

Understanding of embedded software development and HW/SW co-design and co-verification

Knowledge of protocols like JTAG, UART, PCIe, AMBA, DDR

Knowledge of design fundamentals such as architecture, micro-architecture, HDLs and Synthesis and timing

Digital design experience

The annual salary range for California is $123,200 to $228,800. 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.