Product Engineer

Job Title

Product Engineer

Role Summary

The Product Engineer serves as the primary technical interface between Cadence and top-tier customers, driving resolution of silicon and integration issues and coordinating technical reviews across internal teams.

This role focuses on supporting silicon bring-up, protocol and physical-layer validation for high-speed interfaces, managing technical communications with customer engineering teams, and ensuring on-time delivery of program milestones.

Experience Level

Entry-level. The posting specifies roughly 2+ years of relevant experience or a Master's degree as guidance.

Responsibilities

Provide technical ownership and coordination for customer programs and silicon bring-up.

• Act as the primary technical liaison for customer engineering teams and lead regular program meetings.
• Manage technical communications, status updates, and action tracking for program milestones.
• Coordinate and lead technical reviews (e.g., physical integration, pre-tape-out checklists, bring-up test plans).
• Diagnose silicon-related issues, interpret test results, and drive cross-functional resolution with design, validation, firmware, and applications teams.
• Perform hands-on post-silicon PHY bring-up, system interoperability, and compliance testing.
• Operate lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, BERTs, protocol exercisers, and analyzers for debug and validation.
• Own and triage customer cases in case-management systems; escalate complex issues appropriately.
• Maintain documentation and reporting: kickoff materials, status dashboards, silicon reports, and case metrics.
• Apply AI-assisted tools and analytics to improve productivity, extract insights, and inform troubleshooting.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, tools, and behaviors for the role.

• 2+ years of relevant product-engineering or post-silicon experience (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience validating physical and protocol layers for at least one high-speed SERDES interface (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, USB, CXL, UCIe).
• Hands-on experience with post-silicon PHY bring-up, system interoperability, and compliance testing.
• Proficiency using oscilloscopes, BERTs, protocol analyzers/exercisers, and related lab equipment.
• Familiarity with case-management systems such as Salesforce (SFDC) and Jira.
• Strong communication, organizational, and customer-facing skills; proactive in gathering feedback and driving improvements.
• Ability to evaluate and prioritize cases, determine severity, and meet service-level expectations.
• Willingness and ability to travel onsite to support customers for silicon bring-up and debug (travel ~10%).

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in a related field. Alternate degree listings include BE/BTech/ME/MS/MTech in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Science. Equivalent practical experience is acceptable where noted.

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.