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Principal Application Engineer, Digital Implementation & Physical Design

Cadence Design Systems

On-site
Penang
Full-time
Principal
7+ yrs
Salary not listedPosted 3w ago

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Job description

Cadence Design Systems is hiring a Principal Application Engineer, Digital Implementation & Physical Design — a full-time, based in Penang role. Apply directly on Cadence Design Systems's careers page below.

Principal application Engineer – Digital Implementation & Physical Design

Location: PENANG 02

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Principal application Engineer – Digital Implementation & Physical Design

Location: Malaysia

Job Overview

We are seeking a Principal application Engineer to support and drive the adoption of Cadence’s digital implementation, physical design, and static verification solutions across key customers in the region.

In this role, you will combine deep hands-on physical design expertise with technical leadership and customer engagement, helping customers achieve optimal performance, power, and area (PPA) on advanced technology nodes. You will work closely with customer design teams, Cadence R&D, Product Engineering influencing methodologies and ensuring successful project execution and tool adoption.

• The candidate will perform the physical design implementation, including floor planning, power grid design, place and route, clock tree synthesis, timing closure

• The candidate will have the opportunity to work on many varieties of challenging designs, i.e. low power and high-speed designs at the latest technology nodes.

• The responsibility of the candidate includes participating in or leading next generation physical design, methodology and flow development.

• The candidate will work closely with RTL design team to ensure successful tapeouts.

Requirement:

• BS/MS in EE/CS with 7+ years of hands-on experience in physical design and verification with prior working experience in 7nm and below technologies.

• Experienced with ASIC design flow, hierarchical physical design strategies, methodologies, and understand deep sub-micron technology issues.

• Solid knowledge on Low Power Design

• Able to assume responsibility for a variety of technical tasks and to work independently

• Self-motivated, able to work as a team player, and good English communication skills

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