Principal Software Engineer Low Power Verification
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Job Location:
San Jose, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 136500 - 253500
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Cadence we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our team in developing next-generation low-power verification software for Palladium and Protium emulation systems. This role focuses on enhancing the debuggability and performance of multi-billion-gate UPF (Unified Power Format) designs in modular compilation 2-state and 4-state flows.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize low-power verification software for Palladium and Protium platforms.
- Improve UPF design debuggability in IXCOM Modular Compiler and Parallel Partition Compiler (2-state and 4-state flows).
- Enhance compiled streaming probes and accelerate waveform generation for large-scale designs.
- Collaborate with R&D Product Engineering (PE) and Application Engineering (AE) teams to deploy UPF solutions across various flows:
- AVIP UPF 2/4-state
- UVMA UPF 2/4-state
- MC UPF
- Dielets UPF
- Consolidate UPF software across Palladium and Protium platforms.
- Support key initiatives such as:
- MCPPC flow with UPF 4-state
- Compilation time optimization for UPF
- Full Vision UPF probe integration
- SAGE UPF debug with Verisium
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
or Masters degree with 5 years of experience
or PhD with 1 year of experience.
Required Skills
- Strong proficiency in object-oriented design and C programming.
- Experience with standard C/C libraries and the C Standard Template Library (STL).
- Proven ability to develop high-performance software for large-scale data processing.
- Scripting experience in Perl Tcl/Tk and/or Python.
- Familiarity with IEEE 1801 standards and UPF implementation.
- Experience with Verilog SystemVerilog and VHDL.
The annual salary range for California is $136500 to $253500. 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.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- Agile
- C/C++
- Go
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
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