Lead IC Emulation Verification AE

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

Join our elite application engineering team for verification to work closely with the best AEs PEs and R&D in EDA at a company listed in Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work as one of the 2021 Worlds Best Workplaces for the sixth time!

As an integral member of the North America Verification Field Applications Engineering (AE) Team you will work directly with industry leading semiconductor and system companies to deploy Cadences market leading emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms Palladium and this customer facing role you will provide the front-line technical support in the pre and post-sales process and will work with account team to come up with innovative solutions to address our customers most challenging problems in emulation and prototyping.

In this role you will develop customer specific emulation and prototyping requirements including advanced acceleration component development methodology support and operation and maintenance of Cadences emulation and prototyping tools and services. You will support technical evaluations and benchmark development for Cadences market leading tools such as Palladium acceleration and emulation platform and Protium prototyping platform. You will create and conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations for customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Establish technical credibility and rapport with the customer and become the go-to expert for all of their technical inquiries and support
Provide in-depth technical assistance in collaboration with R&D to help support advanced verification flows to secure design wins
Champion the customer needs and work closely with R&D and marketing to develop competitive and creative technical solutions
Understand the competitive landscape and continuously work on differentiating Cadences solutions
Write technical product literature such as application notes and technical articles
Review new product proposals and device specifications
Assume technical leadership roles in small teams as needed

Requirements:

Minimum

4 years industry experience

Experience in HW acceleration in-circuit emulation or FPGA prototyping

BS PhD degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
Strong RTL and Testbench debug skills
Experience in synthesizable coding style
Experience in writing scripts (Perl Python or TCL)
Strong software HDL design and verification skills
Experience with SystemVerilog VHDL Verilog C/C/SystemC
Ability to quickly analyze verification environments and design complexity
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong teamwork skills
Ability to interact effectively with both external customers and R&D teams

Preferred
Experience with multiple clock domains and asynchronous interfaces
Knowledge of the FPGA development process & tool flow from RTL to bitstream for Xilinx and/or Altera products
Hands on experience with lab bring up debug chipscope and instrument usage
Experience with C/C/SystemC
Knowledge of fundamental SoC Architecture knowledge
Understanding of embedded software development and HW/SW co-design and co-verification
Knowledge of protocols like JTAG UART PCIe AMBA DDR
Knowledge of design fundamentals such as architecture micro-architecture HDLs and Synthesis and timing

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The annual salary range for California is $102900 to $191100. 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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