Lead Product Engineer

Job Title

Lead Product Engineer

Role Summary

Work within the R&D organization to validate product flows, reproduce and triage customer issues, and improve tool deployability and quality. The role partners with R&D, product engineering, and application engineering teams to make design flows robust and production-ready.

Experience Level

Mid-level — 4–6 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Validate and maintain RTL DFT flows (HT support for multiple DFT macros such as OPCG, Compressor, JTAG) and INVS+ flows, and work on Modus Scan validation.
• Triage and debug customer CCRs; create minimal, reproducible testcases to enable faster R&D fixes.
• Create and run flows/benchmarks on customer designs to evaluate tool behavior and performance.
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Engineering, and Application Engineering to improve deployability, usability, and quality of tools and flows.
• Document findings, test procedures, and recommended fixes to support product stability and customer deployments.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• 4–6 years of hands-on experience in EDA/semiconductor tool validation or similar R&D role.
• Experience with RTL DFT flows and familiarity with DFT macros and scan methodologies (OPCG, Compressor, JTAG).
• Practical experience debugging customer issues, reducing complex bugs to reproducible testcases, and performing root-cause analysis.
• Experience creating and running flows/benchmarks on customer designs and working across R&D and customer-facing teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and clear technical communication.

Education Requirements

B.E. / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech in Electrical Engineering (EE), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Computer Science (CS) or a closely related technical field.

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.