Sr Principal Digital Design Engineer (Ethernet)

The Cadence IP Vision is to deliver industry leading IP solutions to enable our customers to be successful across these fast-moving application spaces. 

The Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer will be based in Cork, as part of an experienced Controller IP Team with long established Controller development sites in Europe, US and India. 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Technical leadership of complex IP such as Ethernet, Storage, PCIe/CXL, MIPI-Visual. 

• Collaborate with system architects and product managers to define the architecture and specifications on standards such as Ethernet 802.3, considering factors such as data rate, power consumption, and compatibility with industry standards. 

• Hands-on leadership of RTL, Testbenches & FPGA Platforms development. 

• Planning of activities and milestones for the Digital Controller Development teams. 

• Leadership of cross-functional technical meetings with Analog & Software counterparts. 

• Support customer pre-sales and post-sales meetings. 

• Participate in Technical Review Meetings and Checklist Reviews as part of ISO-9001.  

• Represent Cadence in Standards Body Working Groups e.g. IEEE, PCI-SIG, JEDEC, MIPI 

• Represent Cadence by presenting at Industry Conference such as IEEE, DAC, MIPI Alliance. 

Job Qualifications: 

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Microelectronics, or a related discipline. 

• 10-15 years’ experience in microelectronics/EDA industry. 

• Experience of Verilog RTL Design essential. 

• Experience of Metric Driven Verification (MDV) essential. 

• Experience of Front-end design tools covering LINT, Synthesis, CDC Analysis essential. 

• Experience of SoC Architecture and Development essential. 

• Experience of Technical Team leadership essential. 

• Excellent oral and written English essential. 

• Self-motivated with excellent planning, interpersonal, and communication skills. 

Additional Skills/Preferences:  

• Experience of AMBA protocols such as AXI, AHB & APB preferred. 

• Experience of Quality processes, such as ISO-9001 & ISO-26262 preferred. 

• Experience of Front-end design tools covering LINT, Synthesis, CDC Analysis preferred. 

Additional Information: 

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.