Principal Software Engineer

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At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Job Title: Principal Software Engineer Location: Cork Reports to: Principal Software Engineer Job Overview: Cadence Design Systems is looking for a highly motivated software engineer to work with the R&D engineering team in the Digital & Signoff Group. Job Responsibilities: This role will be with the Quantus product. Quantus is the industry leading parasitic extraction software product that enables cutting edge chip design across the globe. R&D Software Engineering role in Parasitic Extraction area is a multi-faceted position encapsulating a mix of software development, algorithm development, software debugging, performance optimization, accuracy analysis, GUI development and integration with layout/schematic editors as well as state of the art simulators. You will be also expected to design, develop, fix bugs and respond to customer queries, define project completion checklists; collaborate with cross-function teams. You will have a chance to contribute to the main Physical Verification flows in EDA industry and your work will be visible through billions of electronic devices deployed worldwide. Job Qualifications: Bachelor's in computer Science or Electrical Engineering; + 7 years of related experience or Masters + 5 years related experience Key Skills Hands-on coding & debugging (C++) in a UNIX environment for computationally intensive applications. Experience of working with multiple developers on large codebases is valued Proven ability to make programs run faster and consume less memory using algorithmic optimization, multi-threading, distribution, HPC. Ability to analyse complexity (big O notation) is a must Familiar with the full software development lifecycle from Requirements to final delivery. Software development environments, version control, Linux, scripting languages such as Tcl/Perl/Python Excellent communication skills - the ability to share complex ideas & information is paramount . Additional Skills/Preferences: Existing EDA tool development experience Maths or physics background with knowledge and implementation experience of any of the following: Computational geometry, numerical methods, solving large systems of linear equations, Maxwell's equations & model order reduction GUI development, ideally using QT Knowledge and implementation experience with the chip design flow, layout connectivity, parasitic extraction, LEF/DEF is a big plus We're doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can't.

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