Principal Application Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. The candidate will perform the physical design implementation, including floor planning, power grid design, place and route, clock tree synthesis, timing closure, power/signal integrity signoff, physical verification (DRC/LVS/Antenna), EM/IR signoff, DFM Closure. The candidate will have the opportunity to work on many varieties of challenging designs, i.e. low power and high speed designs at the latest technology nodes.

Requirements

• BS/MS in EE/CS with 3+ years of hands-on experience in physical design and verification
• Experienced with ASIC design flow, hierarchical physical design strategies, methodologies, and understand deep sub-micron technology issues
• Solid knowledge on Low Power Design, DFT, static timing analysis and closure, data skew balancing, duty cycle adjustment, EM/IR-Drop/crosstalk analysis, formal verification, physical verification, DFM and P&R
• Able to assume responsibility for a variety of technical tasks and to work independently
• Able to be hands-on at all levels of design, with the ability to verify, test, and characterize own designs
• Self-motivated, able to work as a team player, and good English communication skills