Position Overview
Join a growing and dynamic IP team developing best-in-class digital and mixed-signal IP solutions. This role focuses on post-sales technical support for high-performance interface IP, working as part of a team supporting UCIe, PCIe, USB, DPHY, Ethernet, DDR, LPDDR, GDDR, and HBM PHYs.
The Principal Product Engineer is a key technical leader and product owner, responsible for driving product engineering activities across the full lifecycle—from pre-sales engagement and pre-silicon integration to post-silicon bring-up and customer deployment. This role serves as a primary interface between customers and Cadence R&D, leading technical discussions, resolving complex issues, and ensuring successful product adoption.
This position requires strong technical depth, customer-facing leadership, excellent communication skills, and the ability to drive execution across global, cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilitie
- Act as the primary product engineering owner for SerDes subsystems (PCIE, USB, Ethernet, etc) at the customer leve
- Lead customer engagements, drive technical discussions, design reviews, and deployment strateg
- Own and drive resolution of complex subsystem integration and implementation issue
- Lead SoC integration reviews covering PHY and controller subsystem
- Provide technical leadership for RTL, gate-level simulations, and timing closure strategie
- Define and drive improvements to integration methodologies, checklists, and customer collatera
- Lead post-silicon bring-up and debug activities, ensuring successful customer deploymen
- Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, validation, and applications teams to deliver product readines
- Drive continuous improvement in customer experience, turnaround time, and engineering qualit
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across projects and team
- Leverage AI tools to improve debug efficiency, data analysis, and decision-making
Position Requirements
- Strong experience with high-speed interface IP
- Deep understanding of RTL design, gate-level verification, and simulation methodologies
- Experience with synthesis, STA, and timing closure; backend knowledge is a plus
- Familiarity with DFT methodologies, test flows, and system validation approaches
Skills & Qualifications
[Required]
- Bachelor’s in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of experience, or Master’s with 5+ years, or PhD with relevant experience
- Proven ability to solve complex technical problems and drive root cause to closure
- Experience leading cross-functional technical efforts across design, validation, and customer teams
- Strong communication skills with ability to influence customer and internal stakeholders
- Experience managing multiple priorities, escalations, and technical reviews
- Demonstrated ability to represent the organization in customer-facing technical roles
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive deliverables independently
[Preferred]
- Experience with memory and/or high-speed communication interfaces (DDR, LPDDR, PCIe, Ethernet, UCIe, USB)
- Understanding of analog/mixed-signal design practices
- Experience in customer-facing silicon debug and bring-up environments
- Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows and data-driven debug techniques
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field with 7+ years of experience; or master's degree with 5+ years; or PhD with relevant experience
- Strong experience with high-speed interface IP
- Deep understanding of RTL design, gate-level verification, and simulation methodologies
- Experience with synthesis, static timing analysis, and timing closure
- Familiarity with DFT methodologies, test flows, and system validation approaches
- Ability to solve complex technical problems and drive root cause to closure
- Experience leading cross-functional technical efforts across design, validation, and customer teams
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence customer and internal stakeholders
- Experience managing multiple priorities, escalations, and technical reviews
- Experience representing an organization in customer-facing technical roles
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive deliverables independently
- Experience with memory or high-speed communication interfaces, including DDR, LPDDR, PCIe, Ethernet, UCIe, or USB
- Understanding of analog and mixed-signal design practices
- Experience in customer-facing silicon debug and bring-up environments
- Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows and data-driven debug techniques
Cadence Design Systems Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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
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