Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer

Overview

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Cadence is the leader in hardware emulation-prototyping technology and products. We are seeking a hands-on System Integration Engineer to join the System Engineering team to define, validate and enable the products and to work with the interactions of a complex multi-rack system.

This position is a highly visible function to bridge and gate-keep the full integration, validation, and characterization of ASIC, HW/PCB, SW, FW, and FPGA subsystems in the whole development cycle. The same discipline also applies to system bring-up and testing, methodology development and verification.

• Leverage silicon verification platform and environment to create necessary post-silicon infrastructure, methodology and automation to allow tests executed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Integrate silicon, HW, firmware, and system software into a complete system which includes various Infini Band and PCIe protocols, PXE booting, virtual machines, secure networks, Ethernet and Ethernet-over-Infiniband, sockets and RPC calls, FPGA, microcontroller interfaces, JTAG, I2C, SPI, SERDES, memory and many other interfaces.
• Execute post-silicon tests to expose design issues, validate product against the specifications including performance, and qualify the design for production release.
• Review, replicate, and respond to customer issues. Perform initial analysis of error logs from customer design simulation runs. Debug and isolate system-level issues down to ASIC/FPGAs, host servers, subsystems, firmware modules, runtime diagnostics.
• Develop silicon and system stress tests. Leverage tests developed by other engineers. Package tests for production and field use.
• Define, develop and drive the implementation of validation automation environment.

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Fluent in at least one functional scripting language, preferably but not limited to Python. Other languages are a plus.
• Experience with embedded software/firmware, operating systems, and/or HW/SW interfaces is a plus
• Experience in developing, maintaining and operating automated engineering processes is a big plus.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, self-motivated and ability to work with cross-functions teams around the globe.

The annual salary range for California is $88,900 to $165,100. 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.

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