About the position
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. You’ll enjoy the opportunities and challenges of becoming a true expert in multiple verification use models within the Prototyping product line. This will include developing and improving functional requirements based on working with our field teams and customers, developing and maintaining feature based training as new products are released, and delivering critical knowledge and guidance to key customers and field teams in the expert use of a best in class verification platform. You will be called upon to drive to success selected critical customer engagements leveraging a cross functional team of product, engagement and application engineers. You’ll also drive to deliver critical customer-like examples to test areas within your domain expertise for the features of each major release, including new HW platforms. Challenges will include developing in-depth technical expertise in the use of our current and next generation system, bringing internal designs to functionality on the next generation system, and debug of the overall integrated platform. You will be part of the team that delivers Early Adopter and Beta programs to ensure first wave customer success of our new HW platforms. You will become a trusted advocate within R&D for key product feature definition and introduction, and be a leveraged asset to the field and marketing teams in showing how our products measure up in key performance areas. You will also become a respected and trusted source of detailed domain based knowledge making our field teams and customers successful with the use of a complex and world class verification platform.
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve functional requirements based on collaboration with field teams and customers.
- Develop and maintain feature-based training as new products are released.
- Deliver critical knowledge and guidance to key customers and field teams.
- Drive selected critical customer engagements leveraging a cross-functional team.
- Deliver critical customer-like examples to test areas within domain expertise.
- Develop in-depth technical expertise in current and next generation systems.
- Bring internal designs to functionality on the next generation system.
- Debug the overall integrated platform.
- Deliver Early Adopter and Beta programs for new HW platforms.
- Advocate for key product feature definition and introduction within R&D.
- Provide detailed domain-based knowledge to support field teams and customers.
Requirements
- BS-EE/CE with 10+ years in the EDA/verification industry (MS-EE/CE preferred).
- Strong knowledge of simulation and verification tools.
- Proven expertise in prototyping and emulation platforms.
- Experience with FPGA-based prototyping or emulation systems.
- Strong debugging skills within emulation and prototyping systems.
- Experience in simulation acceleration methodologies.
- Knowledge of virtual acceleration technology.
- Proven expertise in supporting customers in HW/FW and SW based systems.
- Strong interpersonal relationship building skills.
- Ability to distill low-level technical information for executive reporting.
- Experience in digital design (RTL) using Verilog and synthesis tools.
- Technical expertise in functional verification using High Level Verification languages such as UVM.
- Capability with scripting in languages like Perl, TCL, and shell scripting.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in advocating for customer features in a proven SW/HW platform.
- Experience in creating training collateral, including white papers and presentations.
Benefits
- Paid vacation and paid holidays.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Variety of medical, dental, and vision plan options.
