Application Engineer – Custom IC Design and Simulation

This customer-facing Application Engineer role at Cadence involves helping customers solve custom IC and system design and simulation problems using Cadence technology. Responsibilities include presenting solutions, demonstrating software, problem-solving, and developing new creative solutions. The role requires understanding customer challenges, guiding design teams, resolving tool issues, and supporting mixed-signal design flows. You will collaborate with R&D, Product Engineering, and Sales to ensure customer success and drive product adoption.

Must Have

• Understand customers’ custom IC design, simulation and verification challenges
• Guide customer design teams on methodology and flows
• Resolve critical tool issues impacting project timelines
• Support customers with custom and mixed-signal design and simulation flows
• Conduct technical presentations, training, and product demonstrations
• Support technical evaluations/benchmarks for Cadence solutions
• Partner with Sales Management to identify sales opportunities
• Develop understanding of customer needs and competitor technology
• Communicate customer requirements and feedback to Engineering and Marketing
• Help customers adopt and proliferate mixed-signal simulation, modeling and verification solutions
• Practical hands-on experience in mixed-signal simulation and verification applications
• Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, planning, and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and productively

Perks & Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Medical, dental and vision plan options

We offer fantastic opportunities to grow, no matter where you are in your career. The ideal candidate will be energetic, innovative, and enthused with how to help customers solve their most challenging custom IC and system design and simulation problems using Cadence technology.

This is a customer-facing application engineering (AE) role where you will present solutions, demonstrate software, solve problems, and develop new creative solutions and flows. You will work closely with customers to understand their design challenges and proliferate recommended solutions. You will work closely with R&D, Product Engineering, and Sales to drive customer success. You will be the technical expert on Cadence tools and a valued consultant on design and implementation issues. You will own customer success!

This role spans a broad range of Custom IC Design and Implementation technologies. You must be eager to learn new tools, flows, and technologies.

You must manage multiple projects, prioritize effectively, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities include:

• Understanding customers’ custom IC design, simulation and verification challenges
• Guiding customer design teams regarding methodology and flows to improve their productivity
• Resolving critical tool issues impacting project timelines, often collaborating with product development and peer AEs
• Supporting customers with their custom and mixed-signal design and simulation flows
• Conducting technical presentations, technical training, and product demonstrations to customers, including developing customized presentations as required
• Supporting technical evaluations/benchmarks and driving the process to deliver Cadence solutions
• Partnering with Sales Management and other AEs to identify sales opportunities, prioritize them, and help develop winning sales strategies
• Developing an understanding of the customer's needs and the competition's technology and sales strategies to create solutions that best meet our needs.
• Communicating customer requirements and feedback to Cadence Engineering and Marketing groups for issue resolution and to improve product features and quality
• Helping customers adopt and proliferate our solutions including mixed-signal simulation, modeling and verification

Skills needed for this role:

• Practical hands-on experience in mixed-signal simulation and verification applications
• Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, planning, and presentation skills are essential
• Ability to work independently and productively with high-quality output and results in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Must be open to constant personal development and growth to meet the evolving demands of the electronics industry

Some travel may be required and necessary