Software Engineer I

Cadence is the leader in hardware emulation-prototyping technology and products. System engineering team is responsible to define, validate and enable the products. We are now looking for a hands-on system integration engineer who wants to expand his/her scope, work with the interactions of a complex multi-rack system and grow his/her career.

This position is a highly visible function to bridge and gate-keep the full integration, validation, and characterization of ASIC, HW/PCB, SW, FW, and FPGA subsystems in the whole development cycle.  The same discipline also applies to system bring-up and testing, methodology development and verification.

Key responsibilities

• Leverage silicon verification platform and environment to create necessary post-silicon infrastructure, methodology and automation to allow tests executed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Integrate silicon, HW, firmware, and system software into a complete system which includes various InfiniBand and PCIe protocols, PXE booting, virtual machines, secure networks, Ethernet and Ethernet-over-Infiniband, sockets and RPC calls, FPGA, microcontroller interfaces, JTAG, I2C, SPI, SERDES, memory and many other interfaces.
• Execute post-silicon tests to expose design issues, validate product against the specifications including performance, and qualify the design for production release.
• Review, replicate, and respond to customer issues. Perform initial analysis of error logs from customer design simulation runs. Debug and isolate system-level issues down to ASIC/FPGAs, host servers, subsystems, firmware modules, runtime diagnostics.
• Develop silicon and system stress tests. Leverage tests developed by other engineers. Package tests for production and field use.
• Define, develop and drive the implementation of validation automation environment.

Position Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Fluent in at least one functional scripting language, preferably but not limited to Python. Other languages are plus.
• Experience with embedded software/firmware, operating systems, and/or HW/SW interfaces is a plus
• Experience in developing, maintaining and operating automated engineering processes is a big plus.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, self-motivated and ability to work with cross-functions teams around the globe.

The annual salary range for California is $88,900 to $165,100. 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.