Lead Product Engineer

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Job Description

The Product Engineering team collaborates closely with customers, foundries, R&D, Marketing, and Application Engineers to develop solutions that address our customers' unique and complex design challenges. We are seeking a Product Engineer who has an intimate knowledge and experience in PKG & PCB design & EM analysis experience, Build and improve the next generation design analysis flows and partner with WFO, drive the business and product roll-out timely and professional manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• As an Product Engineer you will be responsible for capturing the requirements of, developing, testing and delivering software integrations
• Act as the primary interface between customers and corporate R&D for all system level design and analysis issues.
• Evaluate and qualify the issues using provided testcases.
• Establish efficient flows to improve system design and analysis tool quality and product performance.
• Execute expert-level benchmarks and resolve complex customer issues.
• Collaborate with R&D, field teams, customers, and foundries to define product requirements and enhancements.
• Work closely with headquarters R&D and Product Engineers across global sites to resolve technical issues.

Requirements

• 4+ years of Extraction experience with bachelor's degree in electrical engineering is required, Master or Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) are preferred
• Strong background in package and pcb design with EM analysis with solid understanding of solver technologies.
• Hands-on experience with industry design and analysis tools such as Clarity, Sigrity, APD, Allegro or compatible 3rd party tools.
• Experience with extraction in advanced technology nodes.
• Knowledge and experience with physical verification process that includes test & measurement. Simulation correlation
• Knowledge and experience with Circuit Simulator tools (e.g., SystemSI, Spectre, Microwave office, ADS, HSPICE,..)
• Good communication skills internally with team members and externally with customers.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Programming experience in Tcl, Python, or SKILL is a plus

Be proud and passionate about the work you do. Together, our One Cadence -- One Team culture drives our success.

The annual salary range for California is $119,000 to $221,000. 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.

We're doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can't.

Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CA

Job ID: Cadence-R56898

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-10-20T19:58:22