Principal Product Engineer

Job description

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


Product Engineer – Memory IP Products

Join a growing and dynamic IP team and help lead the proliferation of best-in-class Memory PHY IP products across a wider range of customers.

This is a tremendous opportunity to work with an experienced team focusing on development and support of high-performance IP related to memory protocols such as DDR/LPDDR/HBM/GDDR and to engage with the technology sector’s top companies making an impact in our world.




The role will be to serve as a key member of technical staff in an organization responsible for IP activities including but not limited to pre-sales engagement with potential customers, pre-silicon support for customers with IP usage and integration, and post-silicon bring-up and test support for IP in customer devices.

This candidate will be the primary interface between customers, Cadence R&D and system validation teams.

Candidate should possess strong communication skills with ability to manage multiple priorities on a day-to-day basis.

Ownership of tasks, ability to collaborate with remote teams located worldwide and clear oral and written communication skills are must-have attributes in this role.



+ Primary Responsibilities:

+ Support integration / customization / post-silicon bring up of Cadence Memory IP subsystems

+ Help with internal system integration and QA testing of Memory subsystem products (Controller + PHY)

+ Analyze and resolve complex subsystem application or implementation issues and provide professional guidance to customers

+ Support Memory PHY and controller SOC integration reviews and integration questions

+ Perform RTL and gate level simulations to verify functionality

+ Assist customers with gate level simulations and timing closure

+ Participate in development of Cadence documentation and checklists for customers

+ Support post-silicon bring up and deployment activities by our customers

+ Enhance customer experience by providing prompt updates to customers

+ Opportunity to become a Customer Success Lead and engage with Tier 1 customers and lead engagements to ensure customer success across multiple projects and products



+ Position Requirements:

+ B.S Electrical/Computer Engineering (or similar degree)

+ Minimum 15 years of overall experience

+ Experience working with DDR5/4/3, LPDDR5/4/3, HBM3/4, GDDR6/7 or similar IPs

+ Verilog RTL design and gate level verification experience

+ Synthesis and STA experience, back-end experience is a plus

+ Familiarity with industry standard DFT flows and test methodologies

+ Familiarity with package and board design.

+ Ability to read schematics and participate in SI/PI reviews for customer board/package implementation



+ Preferred Qualifications

+ Experience with Memory PHY and DSP-based architectures

+ Experience with embedded microcontroller FW

+ M.S Electrical/Computer Engineering (or similar degree)



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