Software Engineer (Circuit Analysis, EDA frameworks, AI agents)

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new software features and interfaces in the Cadence circuit simulation tool portfolio.
• Contribute to continuous integration, unit testing, and code quality processes using modern C++ paradigms and AI-assisted development workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams in a geographically distributed environment to deliver production-quality simulation technologies.
• Required Qualifications
• MS/PhD in Computer Science/Computer Engineering.
• Proficient in Python, C++.
• Desire to develop and deploy next-generation production EDA tools that have real-world impact on productivity of integrated circuit designers.
• Skills of Interest
• Software quality practices: Experience with unit testing, CI/CD automation, and code review processes.
• AI-assisted development workflows: Ability to integrate AI tools into engineering workflows to enhance productivity and code quality.
• Machine Learning Engineering: Basic background in machine learning, background in ML, data pipelines, predictive modeling, and deployment. Practical knowledge of frontier LLMs (e.g., GPT-5/Claude/Gemini families) and how choices affect latency, cost, and reliability.
• Agent architecture: Familiarity with concepts such as ReAct (reason-act loops), planning/evaluation/self-correction, and persistent memory design, frameworks (e.g. LangChain), MCP, function/tool calling, and structured outputs.
• Data and retrieval: Understanding of RAG, retrieval pipelines, embeddings, chunking, and grounding.
• Context Engineering: designing structured context to produce consistent, predictable outputs despite changing LLM behavior.
• Familiarity with electronic design automation tools used for design of VLSI circuits is a plus.
• Familiarity with VLSI circuit simulation tools (Spice, Spectre) is a plus.
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Benefits

Additional Information

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Cadence Design Systems is the leading provider of design automation tools for electronic and intelligent systems design. The Circuit Analysis Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining software used for transistor-level electrical circuit simulation in the epoch of emerging Agentic AI frameworks. Engineer will be part of a team focused on modernizing VLSI circuit simulation tools to integrate into emerging Agentic AI frameworks in the broader electronic design automation context.

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