Sr Principal Software Engineer

e, innovative, and to make an impact

• Cadence's employee-friendly policies focus on the physical and mental well-being of employees, career development, providing opportunities for learning, and celebrating success in recognition of specific needs of the employees

• The unique "One Cadence - One Team" culture promotes collaboration within and across teams to ensure customer success

• Multiple avenues of learning and development available for employees to explore as per their specific requirement and interests

• You get to work with a diverse team of passionate, dedicated, and talented individuals who go above and beyond for our customers, our communities, and each other-every day.

Job Responsibilities

• Drive design decisions for the product and platform focusing on the advanced manufacturing technologies and solution automation to deliver best-in-class tools and flows for design automation

• Provide technical leadership on project areas, including cross-functional flows

• Collaborate on key architecture and design decisions

• Lead planning, design, development, test and maintain key software enhancements, take responsibility for quality and customer delight in the capabilities delivered by the team

• Coordinate with other Cadence teams and customers to keep development and product plans on track - good communication skills to work with remote teams and present to customers are a must

Experience and Technical Skills required

• 7+ years of software development experience in the area of design automation

• Familiarity with advanced packaging technologies, place and route flows is a plus

• Proven track record in complex software development is required, with a history of working with complex legacy code

• Experience in collaborating with customers on developing and deploying new technologies is a plus

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience:

• BS in CS or EE + 5 years of related experience, or

• MS in CS or EE + 3 years of related experience, or

• PhD in CS or EE

Additional qualifications

• Practical experience developing production-quality applications in C/C++, Java, Python

• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google cloud) is a plus

• Experience with modern software development practices and tools

Behavioral skills required

• Must possess strong written, verbal and presentation skills

• Ability to establish a close working relationship with both customer peers and management

• Explore what's possible to get the job done, including creative use of unconventional solutions

• Work effectively across functions and geographies

• Push to raise the bar while always operating with integrity

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