Lead Product Engineer

Job Title

Lead Product Engineer

Role Summary

Work on product engineering for the Genus Synthesis Solution to improve Power, Performance & Area (PPA) and bridge gaps between logic synthesis and place-and-route flows. The role combines R&D verification, field support, interoperability testing, and requirements documentation for new features.

Short motivating note: contribute to the usability and technical quality of a production EDA product used by internal teams and external customers.

Experience Level

Senior - lead-level role. Typically requires significant experience in digital implementation and EDA (often 7+ years).

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include validating new features, solving physical-aware synthesis problems, and supporting customers and field engineers.

• Perform product engineering and experiments on Genus to achieve best-in-class PPA for advanced-node digital ASICs.
• Verify correctness of new features, evaluate internal flows, and determine optimal solutions.
• Solve challenges in physical-aware synthesis to improve integration between synthesis and place-and-route.
• Provide first-line technical support and interface between R&D and customers/field engineers.
• Verify interoperability of Genus with other Cadence digital tools to enable seamless flows.
• Gather customer requirements and document Product Requirement Specifications (PRS) for new features.
• Debug complex timing, logical, and physical design issues and perform root-cause analysis to propose fixes.

Requirements

Key technical skills and experience. "Must-have" items are listed first; "nice-to-have" items follow.

• Must-have: Strong background in logic design and synthesis, and practical timing closure skills for block- and top-level designs.
• Must-have: Product, application, or design engineering experience in digital implementation and synthesis.
• Must-have: Automation skills using Perl, Tcl and shell scripting.
• Must-have: Strong analysis and debugging skills for timing, logical, and physical design problems; ability to perform root-cause analysis and communicate solutions to customers and R&D.
• Must-have: Experience supporting customers or field engineers and documenting technical requirements.
• Preferred / Nice-to-have: Experience with Cadence Genus and Innovus or other EDA tools in the digital implementation flow.
• Preferred / Nice-to-have: Experience with synthesis/physical design and timing closure at 28nm and below (20nm or below preferred).
• Preferred / Nice-to-have: Knowledge of HDL (Verilog/SystemVerilog), formal verification, and low-power design techniques.

Education Requirements

BE / BTech / ME / MS / MTech or equivalent degree; or equivalent practical experience.

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.