Lead IC Emulation Verification AE

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Join our elite application engineering team for verification to work closely with the best AEs, PEs and R&D in EDA at a company listed in Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work as one of the 2021 World's Best Workplacesu2122 for the sixth time As an integral member of the North America Verification Field Applications Engineering (AE) Team, you will work directly with industry leading semiconductor and system companies to deploy Cadenceu2019s market leading emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms, Palladium and Protium. In this customer facing role you will provide the front-line technical support in the pre and post-sales process and will work with account team to come up with innovative solutions to address our customersu2019 most challenging problems in emulation and prototyping. In this role, you will develop customer specific emulation and prototyping requirements, including advanced acceleration component development, methodology support, and operation and maintenance of Cadenceu2019s emulation and prototyping tools and services. You will support technical evaluations and benchmark development for Cadenceu2019s market leading tools such as Palladium acceleration and emulation platform and Protium prototyping platform. You will create and conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations for customers. Key Responsibilities: Establish technical credibility and rapport with the customer and become the go-to expert for all of their technical inquiries and supportProvide in-depth technical assistance in collaboration with R&D to help support advanced verification flows to secure design winsChampion the customer needs and work closely with R&D and marketing to develop competitive and creative technical solutionsUnderstand the competitive landscape and continuously work on differentiating Cadenceu2019s solutionsWrite technical product literature such as application notes and technical articlesReview new product proposals and device specificationsAssume technical leadership roles in small teams as needed Requirements: Minimum 4+ years industry experience Experience in HW acceleration, in-circuit emulation or FPGA prototyping BS, MS.or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fieldStrong RTL and Testbench debug skillsExperience in synthesizable coding styleExperience in writing scripts (Perl, Python or TCL)Strong software, HDL design and verification skillsExperience with SystemVerilog, VHDL, Verilog, C/C++/SystemCAbility to quickly analyze verification environments and design complexityStrong verbal and written communication skillsStrong teamwork skillsAbility to interact effectively with both external customers and R&D teams PreferredExperience with multiple clock domains and asynchronous interfacesKnowledge of the FPGA development process & tool flow from RTL to bitstream for Xilinx and/or Altera productsHands on experience with lab bring up, debug, chipscope and instrument usageExperience with C/C++/SystemCKnowledge of fundamental SoC Architecture knowledgeUnderstanding of embedded software development and HW/SW co-design and co-verificationKnowledge of protocols like JTAG, UART, PCIe, AMBA, DDRKnowledge of design fundamentals such as architecture, micro-architecture, HDLs and Synthesis and timing Keywords; Veloce, HAPS, Zebu The annual salary range for California is $102,900 to $191,100. 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Created: 2026-02-02