Principal Software Engineer, Security Solutions

Job Title

Principal Software Engineer, Security Solutions

Role Summary

Principal engineer on the Security Solutions team in R&D responsible for architecting and delivering hardware security engines and related EDA software. Acts as a technical leader: defines architecture, implements solutions, mentors engineers, and communicates technical strategy to product and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience Level

Senior — requires substantial senior experience; the role requests at least 8 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver high-quality, scalable security analysis software and lead technical strategy across research and product teams.

• Define and own long-term architecture and technical strategy for core hardware security engines.
• Review and challenge architectural and algorithmic decisions for performance, memory efficiency, and scalability.
• Set technical standards for algorithmic rigor, benchmarking, regression testing, and release readiness.
• Implement and optimize software for correctness, runtime performance, memory footprint, and scalability.
• Ensure determinism, debuggability, and reliability of multi-threaded and distributed systems.
• Drive predictable execution from research through productization in a commercial EDA environment.
• Mentor engineers, foster technical excellence, and develop future technical leaders.
• Communicate complex algorithmic risks, tradeoffs, and outcomes to senior leadership and customers.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience to perform the role.

• 8+ years architecting, developing, and delivering complex C++ commercial applications.
• Proven technical leadership with ownership of algorithmic quality, runtime, reliability, and memory use.
• Hands-on depth in at least one major EDA area (simulation, synthesis, formal verification, equivalence checking, static analysis, etc.).
• Strong algorithms and data-structures skills for digital logic analysis and transformation.
• Practical knowledge of SoC design and verification flows and how EDA tools are used in production.
• Experience building performant, scalable systems (concurrency, distributed execution) able to handle very large designs.
• Expert programming and debugging skills in modern C++; proficient in Linux.
• Understanding of hardware description languages and simulation semantics (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL).
• Collaborative communication style; ability to work cross-functionally and operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Travel required for team and customer meetings; role is based in Campbell, CA (remote candidates in the continental USA may be considered).

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in Simulation, Synthesis, Formal Verification, or similar EDA products.
• Familiarity with hardware security analysis or security-oriented verification tools.
• Experience with RTL/gate-level simulation, debugging, and SoC implementation/verification.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is required; MS or PhD preferred.

About the Company

Company: ArterisIP

Headquarters: Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France

Provider of configurable on-chip interconnect IP and network-on-chip (NoC) solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) integration, offering interconnect fabrics, IP blocks, verification tools and engineering support to semiconductor and system companies.