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100 open roles at Cadence (Semiconductors & EDA) in San Jose, CA; Austin, TX; Cary, NC; Burlington, MA and more. Pulled from Cadence's official careers site on November 2, 5:17 AM ET.

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  • 1employers
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  • RTL-to-GDS implementation, Senior Principal Solutions Engineer

    Cadence

    The primary focus of Senior Principal Solutions Engineer is to support the adoption of Cadence Products to help Chip Designer Customers achieve superior performance for their Design PPA…

    • Austin, TX
    • 7+ yrs
  • Principal Product Engineer (Analog Design Automation)

    Cadence

    We are looking for a Product Engineer to drive the development and customer adoption of Analog Design automation flows in Virtuoso, including AI Driven optimization, parasitic‑aware design…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $136,500–$253,500 a year
  • Quantum Product Engineer

    Cadence

    The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in quantum engineering, specifically in working with cross-functional teams to develop integrated Quantum Design Automation solutions.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $154,000–$286,000 a year
  • Infrastructure Integration Lead (M&A)

    Cadence

    We are seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Lead with deep expertise in on-premise infrastructure to support mergers and acquisitions (M&A) initiatives.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $136,500–$253,500 a year
  • Director of Software Security

    Cadence

    Define and execute enterprise DevSecOps strategy across all development teams. Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines (build, test, release)

    • San Jose, CA
    • $164,500–$305,500 a year
  • IT Staff Storage Engineer

    Cadence

    Ensures the availability, reliability, scalability, and manageability of the data storage environment. • Works with key technical and business stakeholders to determine data and storage…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $57.21–$106.25 an hour
  • AI Security Architect

    Cadence

    Design secure architectures for AI/ML systems, including model training, inference, and deployment pipelines.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $164,500–$305,500 a year
  • Product Engineer (Analog Circuit Design)

    Cadence

    The Product Engineer will be a Technical Evangelist for our Analog Design Environment (ADE) tools and Agentic workflows related to the circuit design which provide a powerful interactive…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $114,800–$213,200 a year
  • Director, Product Management — Custom & Analog Design Solutions

    Cadence

    We are hiring a Director, Product Management to own the strategy, roadmap, and go-to-market for a product line within CPG's custom and analog design portfolio.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $178,500–$331,500 a year
  • Cloud Technical Business Development / Cloud Product Marketing Director

    Cadence

    Cadence's Cloud Business Development team is hiring for a Technical Business Development / Cloud Pre-sales / Product Marketing Director focused on North America region.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $161,000–$299,000 a year
  • Principal Product Engineer – Virtuoso Backend Flows

    Cadence

    We are looking for a Product Engineer to drive the development and customer adoption of advanced backend design flows in Cadence Virtuoso for leading-edge process nodes.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $136,500–$253,500 a year
  • Senior Systems Engineer (HPC/Server Farm)

    Cadence

    Supporting multiple geological locations to serve user communities across North America, Europe, and Asia sites. Focusing on improving R&D productivity and committing to customer success.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $143,500–$266,500 a year
  • Product Engineer (3D IC, Heterogeneous Integration & Advanced Packaging)

    Cadence

    As Product Engineer, you are responsible for driving the definition, early deployment, and broader adoption of the Cadence Virtuoso Heterogeneous Integration technologies.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $140,000–$260,000 a year
  • Product Engineering Architect (3D IC, Heterogeneous Integration & Advanced Packaging)

    Cadence

    As Product Engineering Architect, you provide senior technical leadership for the development and proliferation of Cadence Virtuoso Heterogeneous Integration technologies.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $185,500–$344,500 a year
  • Cloud Support Engineer

    Cadence

    We are seeking a highly motivated Cloud Support Engineer to support our secure, cloud‑based silicon chip design environments used by our external customers for mission‑critical EDA and HPC…

    • San Jose, CA
  • Information Security Architect – Endpoint Security / EDR-XDR

    Cadence

    We are seeking an experienced Information Security Architect – Endpoint Security to define, architect, and evolve the organization's enterprise endpoint security strategy, with a primary…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $168,000–$312,000 a year
  • HR Director & Global HR Business Partner

    Cadence

    You will build trust quickly, constructively challenge leaders, facilitate effective conversations, and connect people decisions to business outcomes.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $171,500–$318,500 a year
  • CST Application Engineer - Physical Systems

    Cadence

    As an integral member of the PSDA Customer Service team, you will work with industry-leading computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools used to simulate and analyze complex physical systems.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $78,400–$145,600 a year
  • Lead Software Engineer – Mesh Generation

    Cadence

    Research, design, and develop robust and efficient algorithms for mesh generation. Develop computational geometry algorithms for complex 2D and 3D models.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $119,000–$221,000 a year
  • Commissions Operations, Staff Financial Analyst

    Cadence

    Cadence is seeking a system and process improvement driven and analytically strong Staff Finance Analyst to join our Commissions Operations team.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $112,000–$208,000 a year
  • Senior Principal Design Engineer-Palladium & Protium Customer Enablement & Solutions

    Cadence

    Customer Enablement & Solutions: Collaborate with frontline engineering teams and customers to develop, deploy, productize, and optimize advanced protocol solutions on Palladium and Protium…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $154,000–$286,000 a year
  • Lead Software Engineer

    Cadence

    Cadence Design Systems is looking for a highly motivated Lead Software Engineer to join the Innovus R&D team.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $101,500–$188,500 a year
  • SerDes IP Systems Engineering Director

    Cadence

    This is a unique opportunity to join the rapidly growing Die-to-Die Interface IP team in the Silicon Solutions R&D Group at Cadence Design Systems.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $178,500–$331,500 a year
  • RTL2GDS AE Architect

    Cadence

    Explore and Deploy Latest PPA methodologies/flows on Next generation Customer Designs

    • San Jose, CA
    • $162,400–$301,600 a year
  • RTL2GDS Principal AE

    Cadence

    Strategic Leadership : Define and execute technical engagement strategies for top semiconductor design team, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and customer success metrics.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $127,400–$236,600 a year
  • STA Signoff Flow, Principal AE

    Cadence

    Perform Static timing analysis, glitch, noise analysis using Tempus Signoff tool. Executing and delivering on various aspects of Timing analysis flows, ECO flows, CAD tools and…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $127,400–$236,600 a year
  • Software Architect

    Cadence

    Streamline development of AVIP and Virtual Bridge to improve performance, software stack development and Qemu based device modeling.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $185,500–$344,500 a year
  • IC Implementation, Sr Principal AE

    Cadence

    Lead technical strategy and execution for critical customer design projects, influencing design methodologies and implementation flows at advanced nodes (3nm and below)

    • San Jose, CA
    • $148,400–$275,600 a year
  • Principal AE (STA - SignOff)

    Cadence

    Minimum BS-EE plus 8 to 10 year's experience or MS-EE, plus 6 to 8 year's experience, Core timing signoff expertise, advanced node STA, UPF & constraints debugging, hierarchical & 3DIC…

    • Austin, TX
    • $116,200–$215,800 a year
  • Sr. Principal IC Digital Flow AE

    Cadence

    Be part of team of Application Engineers providing technical support to Cadence customers in the areas of Backend Digital Design Implementation and Signoff including Place and Route, Design…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $148,400–$275,600 a year
  • CMOS SerDes or High-speed I/O, Lead Analog IC Design Engineer

    Cadence

    The Lead Analog IC Design Engineer is responsible for designing and developing analog and mixed-signal circuits- from initial concept and specification through final verification- to ensure…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $119,000–$221,000 a year
  • Solutions Engineer - AE

    Cadence

    Cadence is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Solutions Application Engineer to support customers developing next-generation advanced packaging solutions, including 2.5D, 3D-IC…

    • United States
    • $162,400–$301,600 a year
  • Principal AE, Serdes Design IP

    Cadence

    The Cadence IP team develops industry leading IPs that enable customers in a variety of markets - from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $127,400–$236,600 a year
  • Custom Layout Designer (Analog Layout Designer)

    Cadence

    Working with experienced skilled designers, you will be part of the design team using Cadence design tools.

    • Cary, NC
    • 5+ yrs
  • RTL2GDS IC Sr. Principal Design Engineer

    Cadence

    Provide technical support to Cadence customers in the areas of Digital Design Implementation & Signoff including Synthesis, Place and Route, Design Closure, and timing/power signoff

    • San Jose, CA
    • $161,000–$299,000 a year
  • Lead EDA Software Engineer (C++, Characterization)

    Cadence

    Enhance and expand existing tools' architecture to cover timing analysis. Create new frameworks for analyzing effects dominant at n5 and below.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $119,000–$221,000 a year
  • Program Manager for Academic Network

    Cadence

    Support program goals, timelines, milestones, budgets, success metrics, and reporting mechanisms for the Physical AI for All program.

    • Austin, TX
  • Lead Software Engineer, ML/RL for robotics

    Cadence

    Develop simulation technology supporting physical AI and robotics applications. Integrate learning environments with Cadence's existing engineering-grade simulators.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $119,000–$221,000 a year
  • Lead Software Engineer, Robotics Simulation

    Cadence

    Develop simulation algorithms for physical AI and robotics applications, including many-body dynamics and finite element analysis.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $119,000–$221,000 a year
  • Sr. Principal Software Engineer

    Cadence

    Bring your C++ expertise to challenging software engineering problems involving computational geometry and desktop engineering.

    • Austin, TX
    • 6+ yrs
  • Physical Design and Signoff, Sr. Principal AE

    Cadence

    Be part of team of Application Engineers providing technical support to Cadence customers in the areas of Backend Digital Design Implementation and Signoff including Place and Route, Design…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $148,400–$275,600 a year
  • DSP Product Marketing Manager

    Cadence

    Tensilica DSPs are leading processor IP deployed in billions of embedded products and SOCs to enable next-generation high performance and energy efficient solutions.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $154,000–$286,000 a year
  • RTL2GDS Lead AE

    Cadence

    Be part of team of Application Engineers providing technical support to Cadence customers in the areas of Backend Digital Design Implementation and Signoff including Place and Route, Design…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $106,400–$197,600 a year
  • Lead Product Engineer

    Cadence

    Full-chip and block-level implementation from RTL to Signoff, including place-and-route, timing closure, physical verification, power analysis, and optimization.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $119,000–$221,000 a year
  • Sr. Product Marketing Manager

    Cadence

    This role owns product marketing and product-management activities for PCIe and CXL Controller IP and related subsystem opportunities.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $154,000–$286,000 a year
  • Sr Principal Design Engineer- Mixed Signal

    Cadence

    The successful candidate will ideally be a highly-motivated self-starter who can work independently to complete assigned tasks and contribute to project leadership.

    • Cary, NC
    • $154,000–$286,000 a year
  • Chip Lead / Physical Design Director

    Cadence

    Serve as the technical leader for Physical Design and Design for Test teams, driving complex customer SoC projects from RTL or Netlist to GDS.

    • Austin, TX; San Jose, CA
  • IC design Implementation and SignOff Architect, (STA SignOff)

    Cadence

    Technical Expertise : Lead technical engagements with customers and partners to drive & adoption of Cadence signoff portfolio.

    • Seattle, WA; San Jose, CA +1
    • $154,000–$286,000 a year
  • Sr Principal HW Design Engineer-Emulation Acceleration System Platform

    Cadence

    Responsible for architecture, design, bring-up, and sustain of hardware system platform. Continuously develop and apply technical domain expertise in Hardware Engineering.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $178,500–$331,500 a year
  • Principal Analog IC Design Engineer, High Speed SerDes

    Cadence

    The Principal Analog IC Designer is responsible for the design and development of analog/mixed signal IC circuit blocks from initial concept/specification through final verification of…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $136,500–$253,500 a year
  • Product Engineering Architect (Computational Electromagnetics & Signal/Power Integrity)

    Cadence

    Drive key customer engagements in cooperation with local/international Field Applications team. Interface with R&D team to drive and influence product development to fulfill customer…

    • San Jose, CA
    • $185,500–$344,500 a year
  • Strategic Sourcing Specialist

    Cadence

    Cadence has an exciting opportunity for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist within their Hardware Systems Verification Supply Chain Team.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $144,200–$267,800 a year
  • Sr Custom Silicon Sales Executive

    Cadence

    Lead, manage, develop and grow ASIC design services and silicon fulfillment business across the defined territory.

    • Burlington, MA; San Jose, CA
    • 15+ yrs
  • Event Technology Specialist

    Cadence

    You will own complex event platforms from initial setup through flawless execution on event day, ensuring a smooth technology experience for attendees across every region.

    • Austin, TX; Boston, MA +2
  • Sr. Interface IC, IP Sales Executive II

    Cadence

    Hands on, self-starter who can demonstrate intuitiveness and creativity to drive complex strategic deals. Ability to generate, develop, qualify, and drive new business opportunities in the…

    • San Jose, CA; Austin, TX
    • $248,000–$372,000 a year
  • SW Development and Release Operations Technical Program Manager

    Cadence

    We are looking for a SW Program Manager who will be responsible for the overall release management of Sign-off Products in the Digital and Sign-off Group at Cadence.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $185,500–$344,500 a year
  • Sr Principal Engineer -SIPI

    Cadence

    We are looking for a Sr Principal SI/PI Engineer who will be a key contributor to our advanced high speed IP products. This is a hands-on technical position.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $154,000–$286,000 a year
  • Lead Software Engineer

    Cadence

    Join the Innovus team to develop next-generation routing and physical synthesis technologies for digital IC design.

    • Austin, TX
    • 2+ yrs
  • Senior AE, SerDes Design IP

    Cadence

     Technical pre-sales of High-Speed Interface IP, including PCIe, CXL and Ethernet PHY and Controllers.  Present Cadence's IP portfolio and capabilities to prospective customers

    • San Jose, CA
    • $84,000–$156,000 a year
  • Principal AE, Serdes Design IP

    Cadence

    The Cadence IP team develops industry leading IPs that enable customers in a variety of markets - from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud.

    • San Jose, CA
    • $127,400–$236,600 a year

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Hiring at Cadence

Cadence has 100 openings across the US today in 7 cities. Most are in San Jose, CA (77), Austin, TX (19) and Cary, NC (7). Software & IT is the largest field (48%), followed by Hardware & Semiconductors (19%) and Sales & Business Development (5%). 81% of these listings publish a pay range, and the typical midpoint of a yearly range is about $205,000. Roles that state an experience level ask for a median of 8 years, and the most common band is 8+ years. 4% are open to entry-level candidates or interns. The skills employers mention most are Python (31%), Linux (21%), RTL design (14%) and C++ (13%). Common job titles include Software Engineer, Design Engineer, Product Engineer and CST Application Engineer.

Most requested skills

Experience asked for

  • Entry level (0–1 yrs)5%
  • 2–4 years14%
  • 5–7 years24%
  • 8+ years58%

Worked out by USA Jobs 24 from 100 live openings on employers' own careers sites, November 2, 5:17 AM ET. Shares are of all openings unless stated; pay is the midpoint of advertised yearly ranges.