Sr Principal Application Engineer

Cadence Design Systems

Full-time - Senior

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Sr Principal Application Engineer at Cadence is a pivotal role that involves working closely with leading-edge customers to deploy Cadence's advanced technologies in Physical and Signoff Verification. This position focuses on enhancing customer engagement, resolving technical issues, and driving sales strategies while providing hands-on support and technical expertise. The role is designed for experienced professionals looking to advance their careers in a dynamic environment that values innovation and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Conduct root cause analysis and provide resolution to customer technical issues.
• Run customer test cases to verify problems, create work-arounds, when possible, test and deliver R&D fixes.
• Develop an understanding of the customer's needs and of the competition's technology and sales strategies to create solutions that best meet our customer needs.
• Work with Sales Management to identify sales opportunities, prioritize activities and help develop winning sales strategies.
• Conduct in-person customer solution-driven whiteboarding sessions, technical presentations, technical training, and product demonstrations to customers, including development of customized presentations as required.
• Support technical evaluations/benchmarks and drive the process to deliver Cadence solutions.
• Communicate customer requirements and feedback to Cadence Engineering groups and Marketing for issue resolution and to improve product features and quality.

Requirements

• 15+ years industry experience in Pegasus/Calibre/ICV DRC, LVS, FILL & PERC required.
• Ability to provide hands-on technical support to customer using Pegasus/PVS for Physical Signoff.
• Direct experience in PVS/Pegasus/Calibre/ICV rule writing is a plus.
• In-depth understanding of Semiconductor Manufacturing process is a plus.
• Familiar with Cadence Implementation tools (Innovus, Virtuoso, Allegro/APD) or similar industry tools.
• Intermediate/advanced programming skills like Python, Tcl or Perl is a plus.
• 10+ years' experience in Linux/Unix environments required.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastically focused on problem solving.
• Strong technical and written communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Direct experience in PVS/Pegasus/Calibre/ICV rule writing is a plus.
• In-depth understanding of Semiconductor Manufacturing process is a plus.
• Familiar with Cadence Implementation tools (Innovus, Virtuoso, Allegro/APD) or similar industry tools.
• Intermediate/advanced programming skills like Python, Tcl or Perl is a plus.