Lead Software Engineer, DFT​/ATPG

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Cadence Design Systems is looking for a highly motivated engineer to work with the Modus Test R&D team working on Design For Test (DFT) and Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG) Software.

• Work as a team to build reliable, scalable and high performance software that are easy to use by engineers worldwide
• Develop software tools in C/C++ to support DFT/ATPG
• Research and develop software solutions to allow greater efficiency in software architecture and algorithm optimizations

• BS (or equivalent experience) and 7+ years of software development experience, MS preferred
• Experienced with modern C++, Unix/Linux and scripting
• Experienced with static and dynamic code analysis tools
• Solid understanding of algorithms, computer architecture and computer science theory
• Passionate about SW development processes
• Flexibility/adaptability for working in a dynamic environment with different frameworks and requirements
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer collaboration skills

• Experience in VLSI and/or DFT/ATPG.
• Experience with multi-threading and distributed software
• Experience in algorithmic and computational software

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