Director, System Engineering & Integration

Job Title

Director, System Engineering & Integration

Role Summary

Lead the definition, architecture, and execution of end-to-end system integration for complex emulator platforms across silicon, hardware, firmware, network and software. Own integration strategy, system bring-up, verification, and system readiness for production releases.

Experience Level

Senior — leadership role. Posting specifies senior-level experience and organizational leadership.

Responsibilities

The role combines technical leadership, program delivery, and team management for multi-subsystem platforms.

• Define system integration architecture, integration strategy, and design-for-integration principles.
• Own end-to-end integration, bring-up, and system-level validation and verification.
• Establish integration readiness criteria, interface contracts, and system-level test methodologies.
• Build and lead global engineering teams responsible for system integration and validation.
• Drive execution excellence, talent development, and cross-functional alignment across hardware, firmware, software, ASIC and operations.
• Lead resolution of complex cross-layer hardware/software issues and system-level debugging.
• Define and scale validation infrastructure, automation frameworks, and test environments.
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to ensure predictable delivery and production readiness.

Requirements

Must-have technical and leadership qualifications for immediate effectiveness.

• Proven expertise in system engineering spanning silicon, hardware, firmware, drivers, OS and system software.
• Experience integrating and delivering complex multi-interface systems and large computing rack architectures.
• Strong system-level debugging and root-cause analysis skills for complex cross-layer failures.
• Experience leading global, cross-functional engineering teams and driving organizational scaling.
• Deep experience with interconnect technologies such as Ethernet, RoCE/UEC, DDRx, and PCIe.
• Experience defining and operating system validation and stress-testing strategies, including performance validation.
• Ability to establish scalable validation infrastructure, automation, and reuse of test methodologies.

Nice-to-have:

• Familiarity with PCIe, InfiniBand, distributed Ethernet network setups and high-availability distributed computing.
• Experience with Linux kernel and user-space in server and embedded environments, system administration, virtualization and containerization.

Education Requirements

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with a minimum of 12 years of experience; OR MS with a minimum of 10 years of experience; OR PhD with a minimum of 8 years of experience. Advanced degree preferred.

About the Company

Company: Cadence Design Systems

Headquarters: San Jose, California, USA

Cadence Design Systems is a global electronic design automation company that provides software, hardware, and intellectual property for designing advanced semiconductor chips. With over 25 years in the industry, Cadence is known for its innovative technology solutions and has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. The company is dedicated to solving complex technical challenges in order to enable customers to create revolutionary products and experiences.