Sr Principal Design Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. This is an opportunity to join a dynamic team of experienced engineers developing physical IP for industry-standard high-speed serial-links. The successful candidate will ideally be a highly-motivated self-starter who can work independently to complete assigned tasks and contribute to project leadership. The candidate will contribute to all mixed-signal design, verification, and testing aspects. This includes circuit design and development from a high-level architectural specification, post-silicon test plan development and execution, and collaboration with the digital team to achieve functional and performance closure. Candidate must have a thorough understanding of the following: - Mixed-signal circuit design fundamentals - Mixed-signal circuit design and verification flows - Cadence analog design environment - Basic signal processing concepts Familiarity with the following items is a plus: - Serial link design techniques - Data converter (ADCs and/or DACs) and/or clock synthesis and recovery (PLLs, DLLs, CDRs) techniques - MATLAB or C to facilitate architecture development - Hardware description languages such as SystemVerilog or VerilogA for functional model development - Scripting languages such as Perl or Python for automation - Silicon validation testing knowledge and experience Other requirements: - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Ph.D. EE degree with 5+ years or MS EE. degree with 7+ years of mixed signal design industry experience in advanced process technologies The annual salary range for California is $154,000 to $286,000. 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.