Principal Product Engineer, Synthesis

Cadence Design Systems
San Jose
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityEducation: mastersSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication"]

Engineer a high-performance Genus synthesis flow at Cadence, driving improvements in power, performance, and area for latest digital ASICs. Collaborate with R&D to define product roadmaps, understand internal flows, and bridge logic synthesis with place-and-route. Support customers and field engineers, ensure interoperability with Cadence tools, and translate future requirements into clear PRS features.

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Principal Product Engineer, Synthesis

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Job Summary

Engineer a high-performance Genus synthesis flow at Cadence, driving improvements in power, performance, and area for latest digital ASICs. Collaborate with R&D to define product roadmaps, understand internal flows, and bridge logic synthesis with place-and-route. Support customers and field engineers, ensure interoperability with Cadence tools, and translate future requirements into clear PRS features.
Location: San Jose
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community

Key Responsibilities

  • •Perform Product Engineering work for Genus Synthesis Solution (Genus), a logic synthesis software used for synthesizing a design described in a high-level language into logic gates, to achieve best-in-class Power, Performance & Area (PPA) for latest digital ASICs.
  • •Understand the internal flow within the Genus for newly developed features and verify the correctness and perform experiments to determine an optimal solution.
  • •Solve new and challenging problems in physical aware synthesis space with the goal to bridge the gap between logic synthesis and place and route.
  • •Support the field engineers in Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and its customers in using Genus. In addition, interface between R&D and customer as the first line of support for the R&D and the customers.
  • •Provide support to verify the interoperability of Genus with other digital logic software tools within Cadence Design Systems, Inc. to provide seamless flows.

Key Requirements

  • •Requires an MS in Electrical Engineering or ECE with focus on VLSI with two or more years of relevant industrial experience.
  • •Experience in design and EDA with an emphasis on Cadence tools of Synthesis, Physical Design & timing closure at 20nm or below nodes.
  • •Prior Designer, Product Engineering or Application Engineering experience in digital implementation, especially synthesis.
  • •Understand industry challenges in digital implementation & sign-off domain with exposure to 28nm & below foundry process nodes.
  • •Automation skills using Perl, Tcl and shell scripting essential.
Experience:EDAIC designGenusSynthesisDigital ASICs
Education:Master's
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunication
Tech Stack:GenusInnovusVerilogSystemVerilogPerlTclShell scripting

Company Brief

Cadence Design Systems
Provides electronic design automation (EDA) software, IP, and services for semiconductor and systems companies to design, verify, and implement integrated circuits, systems-on-chip, and electronic systems across industries including communications, automotive, and consumer electronics.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1988
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