Sobre esta vaga de Application Engineer, RTL2GDS Sr Director na Cadence Design Systems
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Overview
The Sr Application Engineer Architect will serve as a senior technical leader within Cadence’s North America Field Applications Team, driving strategic customer engagements and influencing next-generation EDA & Agentic-AI solutions. This role demands exceptional technical depth, proven leadership, and the ability to align cross-functional teams toward delivering advanced design solutions for leading semiconductor companies.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Define and execute technical engagement strategies for top semiconductor design team, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and customer success metrics.
- Customer Advocacy: Act as a trusted advisor for executive-level stakeholders, guiding adoption of Cadence’s digital implementation, signoff technologies and AgenticAI features across advanced nodes (3nm and below).
- Team Development: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of Application Engineers, fostering technical excellence and career growth.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with R&D and Product Engineering to influence tool enhancements based on real-world customer requirements.
- Innovation & Enablement: Drive complex benchmarks, flow optimizations, and deployment of cutting-edge methodologies for Synthesis, P&R, STA, IR Drop, and power/timing closure.
- Thought Leadership: Represent Cadence at industry forums, author technical papers, and deliver keynote presentations to position Cadence as a market leader.
- Operational Excellence: Establish best practices for engagement models, resource planning, and technical escalations to ensure timely and successful project execution.
- Qualifications
- 20+ years of experience in IC design implementation and signoff, with demonstrated success in managing large-scale technical programs.
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Deep expertise in digital design fundamentals, advanced node implementation (3nm and below), and EDA tool ecosystems.
- Proven track record of leading technical teams and driving customer success at executive levels.
- Strong proficiency in scripting (Tcl, Python, Perl) and flow customization for design closure.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
- Prior experience with Cadence tools (Genus, Innovus, Tempus, Voltus, Conformal, Cerebrus) and competitive solutions highly desirable.
The annual salary range for California is $210,000 to $390,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.
