Lead Software Engineer - Partitioning and Optimization Algorithms

Overview

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. The Protium Prototyping Platform is part of the Cadence Dynamic Duo that has been a huge success with our customers. With Cadence Protium prototyping platforms, design and verification teams can rapidly bring up a prototype and provide a pre-silicon platform for early software development, system validation, and hardware regressions.

Cadence is a leader in hardware emulation-prototyping technologies and products. Cadence’s FPGA-based prototyping system platform sets standards on performance-utilization, ease of use, and congruence with emulation models. This is a full-time position.

The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for development of new features and algorithms to improve the Protium Platform, mainly in partitioning and optimization algorithms. The Lead Software Engineer will accomplish this by carefully discussing the implementation specification with the team spread across different geographies. The candidate is also expected to work with the technical support lead and key customers to resolve implementation or usage issues.

• Develop new features and algorithms to improve the Protium Platform, focusing on partitioning and optimization.
• Discuss implementation specifications with team members across geographies to ensure alignment.
• Collaborate with the technical support lead and engage with key customers to resolve implementation or usage issues.

• Bachelors in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 4 years of related experience, or Masters with a minimum of 2 years, or PhD with a minimum of 0 years of related experience.
• Ideal candidate should have coursework in Algorithms, Data Structures, etc.
• Strong coding skills in C++ and proficiency with at least one other scripting language such as Perl or Python.

• Annual salary range for California is $114,800 to $213,200.
• You may be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits.
• Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure.
• Salary ranges are guidelines and may vary based on qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location.
• Benefits include paid vacation and holidays, 401(k) with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, medical, dental, and vision options, and more.

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