Application Engineer, Customer Engagement

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Job Duties:

• Utilizing engineering background, provide pre-sales and/or post-sales technical customer support including implementation, training, and maintenance support for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and semiconductor intellectual property (IP).
• Provide technical support to Cadence customers in the areas of backend digital design Implementation and Signoff, including Place and Route, design closure, and timing/power signoff.
• Guide customers on how to best utilize Cadence technologies to achieve their design goals and meet project schedules.
• Conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations.
• Drive technical evaluations/benchmarks to success.
• Work closely with Research and Design (R&D) to enhance the tools and methodologies to meet and exceed customer requirements.
• Drive adoption and proliferation of Cadence tools and technologies.
• Amend and augment the flow as needed.
• Capture best practices and lessons learned from current evaluations/benchmarks and utilize them to improve efficiency and success rate in next engagements.
• Some telecommuting permitted.
• Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
• Physical design implementation, including place, route, and timing closure of blocks at 16 nm and below technology nodes
• Utilize scripting languages, including TCL, Perl, and Python to automate design analysis and optimization
• Design Rule Checking (DRC) analysis and fixing
• Low power design, methodologies and implementation
• Clock tree methodology using EDA tools
• Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States.

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