Principal Product Engineer – High-Speed IP SerDes

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Position Overview Join a growing and dynamic IP team developing best-in-class digital and mixed-signal IP solutions. This role focuses on post-sales technical support for high-performance interface IP, working as part of a team supporting UCIe, PCIe, USB, DPHY, Ethernet, DDR, LPDDR, GDDR, and HBM PHYs. The Principal Product Engineer is a key technical leader and product owner, responsible for driving product engineering activities across the full lifecycle—from pre-sales engagement and pre-silicon integration to post-silicon bring-up and customer deployment. This role serves as a primary interface between customers and Cadence R&D, leading technical discussions, resolving complex issues, and ensuring successful product adoption. This position requires strong technical depth, customer-facing leadership, excellent communication skills, and the ability to drive execution across global, cross-functional teams. Key Responsibilitie - Act as the primary product engineering owner for SerDes subsystems (PCIE, USB, Ethernet, etc) at the customer leve - Lead customer engagements, drive technical discussions, design reviews, and deployment strateg - Own and drive resolution of complex subsystem integration and implementation issue - Lead SoC integration reviews covering PHY and controller subsystem - Provide technical leadership for RTL, gate-level simulations, and timing closure strategie - Define and drive improvements to integration methodologies, checklists, and customer collatera - Lead post-silicon bring-up and debug activities, ensuring successful customer deploymen - Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, validation, and applications teams to deliver product readines - Drive continuous improvement in customer experience, turnaround time, and engineering qualit - Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across projects and team - Leverage AI tools to improve debug efficiency, data analysis, and decision-making Position Requirements - Strong experience with high-speed interface IP - Deep understanding of RTL design, gate-level verification, and simulation methodologies - Experience with synthesis, STA, and timing closure; backend knowledge is a plus - Familiarity with DFT methodologies, test flows, and system validation approaches Skills & Qualifications [Required] - Bachelor’s in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of experience, or Master’s with 5+ years, or PhD with relevant experience - Proven ability to solve complex technical problems and drive root cause to closure - Experience leading cross-functional technical efforts across design, validation, and customer teams - Strong communication skills with ability to influence customer and internal stakeholders - Experience managing multiple priorities, escalations, and technical reviews - Demonstrated ability to represent the organization in customer-facing technical roles - Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive deliverables independently [Preferred] - Experience with memory and/or high-speed communication interfaces (DDR, LPDDR, PCIe, Ethernet, UCIe, USB) - Understanding of analog/mixed-signal design practices - Experience in customer-facing silicon debug and bring-up environments - Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows and data-driven debug techniques We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.