Establish technical credibility and rapport with the customer and become the go-to expert for all of their technical inquiries and support
Provide in-depth technical assistance in collaboration with R&D to help support advanced verification flows to secure design wins
Champion the customer needs and work closely with R&D and marketing to develop competitive and creative technical solutions
Understand the competitive landscape and continuously work on differentiating Cadence's solutions
Write technical product literature such as application notes and technical articles
Review new product proposals and device specifications
Assume technical leadership roles in team as needed
Requirements
Minimum:
5+ years industry experience
Experience in HW acceleration, in-circuit Emulation or FPGA prototyping
MS.or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Strong RTL and Testbench debug skills
Experience in Synthesizable coding style
Experience in writing scripts (Perl, Python or TCL)
Strong software, HDL design and verification skills
Experience with SystemVerilog, VHDL, Verilog, C/C++/SystemC
Ability to quickly analyze verification environments and design complexity
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong teamwork skills
Ability to interact effectively with both external customers and R&D teams
Preferred:
Experience with multiple clock domains and asynchronous interfaces
Knowledge of the FPGA development process & tool flow from RTL to bitstream for Xilinx and/or Altera products
Hands on experience with lab bring up, debug, chipscope and instrument usage
Experience with C/C++/SystemC
Knowledge of fundamental SoC Architecture knowledge
Understanding of embedded software development and HW/SW co-design and co-verification
Knowledge of protocols like JTAG, UART, PCIe, AMBA, DDR, CHI
Knowledge of design fundamentals such as architecture, micro-architecture, HDLs and Synthesis and timing
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Additional Information
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 Emulation and FPGA Prototyping 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 2026 World's Best Workplaces™ for the ninth 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 Cadence's 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 customers' 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 Cadence's emulation and prototyping tools and services. You will support technical evaluations and benchmark development for Cadence's 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.