Sr. Principal Product Engineer

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

The Product Engineer is a critical bridge between customers R&D and business stakeholders responsible for defining validating and delivering highquality productionready software solutions. This role owns Pegasus product behaviour from early requirements definition through customer deployment with a strong focus on correctness performance scalability and usability.

In addition to deep domain expertise the role increasingly leveragesAIassisted analysis datadriven decision making and automationto improve product quality predict issues accelerate rootcause analysis and enhance customer outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Product Definition & Technical Ownership

• Own different parts of Pegasus fromrequirements definition through release support.
• Translate customer use cases and market needs intoclear Product Requirement Specifications (PRS)and collaborate with R&D on functional specifications.
• Review and validate product designs to ensure alignment with customer expectations architectural standards and longterm roadmap goals.
• Act as a recognized product expert providing consultation and technical guidance across engineering field and customer teams.

Customer Engagement & Issue Resolution

• Partner closely with customers to understand realworld workflows diagnose complex issues and drive timely resolutions.
• Lead investigation of product correctness performance and scalability issues usingsystematic analysis and datadriven debugging.
• Consolidate customer feedback and production data into actionable insights for product improvement.
• Represent Product Engineering in escalations and customer reviews ensuring clarity accountability and technical credibility.

Quality & Release Readiness

• Drive release readiness decisions by evaluating quality metrics risk and customer impact.
• Collaborate with QA and R&D to improve test coverage reduce defect escape and increase predictability of product behavior.

AIAssisted & DataDriven Engineering

• ApplyAIassisted techniquesto accelerate rootcause analysis performance bottleneck identification and anomaly detection.
• Leverage data from regressions customer runs and field usage toidentify patterns predict failure modes and prioritize improvements.
• Use scripting and automation (e.g. Python) to build intelligent workflows for triage validation and reporting.

CrossFunctional Leadership

• Work in a global crossfunctional environment spanning R&D QA Field Applications and Foundry/Partner teams.
• Lead a review specification and guide technical decisionmaking.
• Identify emerging technologies and industry trends that can create competitive or business differentiation.

Required Qualifications

• Strong background insoftware engineering EDA tools or complex technical systems.
• Experience translating customer requirements into product specifications and productionready solutions.
• Proven ability to debug complex technical issues across correctness performance and scalability dimensions.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (e.g. Python Perl or similar).
• Experience working directly with customers and distributed engineering teams.

Preferred / Differentiating Skills

• Experience applyingAI conceptsto engineering problems (analysis prediction automation intelligent diagnostics).
• Background in semiconductor and EDA environments.
• Ability to influence product direction and technical strategy beyond immediate assignments.

The annual salary range for California is $154000 to $286000. 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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