Senior Principal Design Engineer-Palladium & Protium Customer Support

## Senior Principal Design Engineer-Palladium & Protium Customer Support Apply:
SAN JOSE:
Full time:
Posted Today:
End Date:
December 31, 2026 (30+ days left to apply):
R55242##
** At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
** Join our North America Palladium and Protium HW Development team and help shape the future of system-level chip design verification. In this highly visible, customer-facing role, you will work directly with industry-leading semiconductor and systems companies to develop and deploy Cadence’s market-leading hardware emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms. You will bridge the gap between customers, Applications Engineering (AE), Product Engineering (PE), and R&D — develop impactful customer solutions, delivering deep R&D technical support, and pioneering innovative verification methodologies to solve our customers’ most complex architectural and high-Speed Protocol challenges.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Customer Enablement & Solutions:
Collaborate with frontline engineering teams and customers to develop, deploy, productize, and optimize advanced protocol solutions on Palladium and Protium platforms.
* Requirements & Feature Development:
Define and develop customer-specific emulation and prototyping requirements, focusing heavily on leading edge high-speed interfaces and memory protocols (e.g., PCIe, CXL).
* Advanced Solutions Engineering:
Drive the development of advanced acceleration FW + FPGA system solutions, establish robust verification methodologies, and support the operation and maintenance of Cadence emulation tools.
* Root-Cause Debugging:
Triage and resolve complex, systemic issues across the hardware/software boundary, optimizing driver behavior, protocol compliance, and overall system stability.
* Evaluations & Benchmarking:
Lead technical evaluations and develop high-performance benchmarks to demonstrate the competitive advantages of Cadence hardware platforms.
* Technical Presentation:
Create and deliver impactful technical presentations, white papers, and product demonstrations for existing and prospective customers.
** What You’ll Need
*** BS with a minimum of 10 years of experience or MS with a minimum of 7 years of experience
* Strong fundamentals in digital design, computer architecture, and system‐level verification
* Have deep technical knowledge in a few of;
Simulation (Advanced Testbench), Emulation (TBA & ICE) & FPGA Prototyping
* Experience with hardware description languages (System Verilog/Verilog) and/or C/C++
* Understanding of standard interconnect or IO protocols used in modern chip designs
* Good debugging skills using waveforms, logs, and protocol analyzers
* Ability to work across hardware and software boundaries.
* Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills, ability to work in an international environment
* The annual salary range for California is $154,000 to $286,000. 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.
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