Principal Product Engineer

· This opportunity is for a Principal Product Engineer in the Digital and Signoff Group (DSG) at Cadence. The Cadence Digital and Signoff Group will offer you a dynamic environment in which you will work with innovative R&D and Customer Engagement teams to influence the development of software tools for advanced chip design platforms.

· As a Principal Product Engineer for Liberate, you will engineer innovative and quality characterization solutions/methods for foundational IPs, working closely with R&D and fellow engineers.

· You will work on customer activities, run competitive benchmarks, develop flows and solutions to proliferate our technologies at customers.

· You will also work very closely with customers to drive product adoptions and campaigns, as well as drive partnership and collaborative projects with customers.

Experience and Technical Skills Required

· Foundational IP characterization expertise, and Liberty modeling expertise.

· Deep understanding of different Liberty formats: NLDM, CCS, ECSM, LVF, EM, Aging etc.

· Firsthand experience performing characterizations with an industry-standard solution.

· Firsthand experience with industry-standard circuit simulators.

· Good understanding of integrated circuit operation and CMOS fundamentals.

· Fair understanding of process variation, and statistical characterization, with familiarity at advanced process nodes (5nm, 3nm etc.)

· Coherent problem-solving skills to debug customer problems and propose solutions.

· Automation skills using Tcl, Python, and shell scripting.

· Experience with Memory or Macro or Mixed-Signal characterization is a plus.

· Experience with Cadence Liberate is a plus.

· Experience with Cadence Spectre is a plus.

Qualifications

· BE/BTech/ME/MS/MTech or equivalent