Principal Product Engineer

Job Title

Principal Product Engineer

Role Summary

Drive product engineering for the Genus Synthesis Solution to improve Power, Performance & Area (PPA) and interoperability with place-and-route flows. Work with R&D to define product roadmap, verify feature correctness, run experiments, and produce product requirement specifications.

Experience Level

Senior level. The posting indicates a preference for candidates with industry experience (preferred: MS + 2+ years); the role expects proven experience in digital implementation, synthesis, and timing closure.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include designing and verifying synthesis features, bridging synthesis and place-and-route, and supporting customers and internal field teams.

• Perform product engineering for Genus synthesis to achieve best-in-class PPA for digital ASICs.
• Understand internal flows for new features, verify correctness, and run experiments to determine optimal solutions.
• Solve problems in physical-aware synthesis to bridge the gap between synthesis and place-and-route.
• Support field engineers and customers as first-line interface between R&D and users.
• Verify interoperability of Genus with other digital implementation tools to enable seamless flows.
• Gather requirements from internal and external customers and document Product Requirement Specifications (PRS).

Requirements

Required technical skills and competencies; preferred items listed as nice-to-have.

• Must-have: Strong logic design and timing-closure skills for block- and top-level designs.
• Proven experience in digital implementation, synthesis, physical design, and timing closure.
• Automation and scripting skills (Perl, Tcl, shell) to develop flows and debug issues.
• Familiarity with HDL (Verilog/SystemVerilog).
• Strong analysis and debugging skills; ability to perform root-cause analysis and recommend solutions to customers and R&D.
• Customer-facing support experience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Nice-to-have: Hands-on experience with Genus and Innovus, formal verification, low-power design techniques, and work on advanced foundry nodes (28nm, 20nm or below).

Education Requirements

Preferred: MS in Electrical Engineering or ECE with focus on VLSI plus two or more years of relevant industrial experience (as stated in the posting).

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.