Sr. Principal Customer Engagement Engineer Cadence Design Systems
Austin, TX

Job Description

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

Cadence is seeking a world class emulation engineer as part of the team responsible for deployment of Cadence verification emulation products at leading semi-conductor and systems companies in North America. You'll enjoy the opportunities and challenges of becoming a true expert in multiple verification use models within the Palladium product line and how to apply the product to find defects in pre-silicon verification.

You will be called upon to drive competitive evaluations, introduction of new product features in customer flows, and drive customer success on strategic customer engagements leveraging a cross functional team of product, development and application engineers. 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.

Position Requirements:

* This position requires a BS-EE/CE (MS-EE/CE preferred).
* At least 10 years of experience in the EDA / verification industry, use of verification tools and a strong knowledge base of the verification of complex digital designs.
* Strong knowledge of simulation and verification tools, with proven expertise in emulation / acceleration platforms. Processor based emulation systems experience a plus.
* Strong knowledge of how to debug designs, within emulation/acceleration systems.
* Strong knowledge and direct experience in simulation acceleration methodologies. Virtual acceleration technology experience and knowledge a plus.
* Proven expertise in supporting customers (in HW / FW and SW based systems a plus)
* Hands-on experience with Verilog, VHDL, UVM (SystemVerilog or Specman "e") or C/C++ and Metric/Coverage driven verification
* Capability with scripting in languages like Perl or TCL and shell scripting
* 2+ years of experience in a customer engagement role and ability to manage customer migrations
* Excellent communication skills to work with customers, global RnD, management and sales teams
* Ability to distil low level technical information and create summary material for reporting to executive staff
* Ability to travel within North America upto 50%

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