AE Director

At Cadence, we hire and develop innovators and leaders who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

We offer amazing opportunities to grow, no matter where you are in your career. The ideal candidate will be energetic, innovative and enthusiastic about how to help customers solve their toughest verification problems using Cadence technology. Join our elite application engineering team for verification to work closely with the best AEs, PEs and R&D in EDA at a company listed in Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work as one of the World's Best Workplaces™ year after year!
In this role, you will develop customer specific verification requirements, including advanced verification component development, methodology support, and operation and maintenance of Cadence’s verification tools and services. You will support technical evaluations and benchmark development for Cadence’s market leading tools such as Xcelium simulation platform, vManager verification management platform, Perspec portable stimulus system and our vast VIP portfolio. You will create and conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations for customers.
At Cadence, customers are at the heart of everything we do. Talented engineers like you are what enable us to materialize this passion into results. By working directly with Cadence R&D and driving customer engagements, you will enhance your in-depth knowledge in verification tools, unlock unique expertise in verification methodologies, and level up your communication, customer, and sales skills. No matter where you are in your career, whether your next career step is to stay on the technical track, move up in management, or explore sales/marketing career opportunities, the skills and expertise you gain as an Application Engineer here at Cadence will put you miles ahead in your career advancement.

As an integral member of the North American Field Applications Engineering (AE) Team, you will work directly with industry leading semiconductor and system companies to deploy Cadence’s market leading Xcelium and Verisium verification product families. In this customer facing role you will lead and manage an Application Engineering Team to help with the pre and post-sales process and will work with the account team to come up with innovative solutions to address our customers most challenging problems. Key responsibilities in this position are to:

• Lead and Manage a team of Application Engineers and be responsible for also leading customer relationships .
• Establish technical credibility and rapport with the customer and become the go-to expert for all of their technical inquiries and support. Assign roles and responsibilities within the team .
• Provide in-depth technical assistance in collaboration with R&D to help support simulation and verification flows to secure design wins
• Champion the customer needs and work with R&D and marketing to develop competitive and creative technical solutions.
• Understand the competitive landscape and continuously work on differentiating Cadence’s solutions.
• Write technical product literature such as application notes and technical articles.
• Review new product proposals and device specifications

The major focus of this role will be on Xcelium simulation tool family and Verisium AI/ML tool family and will require strong skills in the following areas:

Minimum:

• BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 15+ years experience with SystemVerilog, VHDL, Verilog
• Verification skills such as UVM testbench architecture, development and debug
• Strong RTL and Testbench debug skills
• Experience in writing scripts (Perl, Python or Tcl)
• Strong software, HDL design and verification skills
• Ability to quickly analyze verification environments and design complexity
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Strong teamwork skills
• Self motivated
• Ability to interact effectively with both external customers and R&D teams

Preferred:

• Experience with  C/C++/SystemC
• Experience in deploying VIP in testbenches
• Knowledge of protocols like JTAG, UART, PCIe, AMBA, DDR
• Knowledge of design fundamentals such as architecture, micro-architecture, HDLs and Synthesis and timing
• Digital design experience