Principal Design Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Principal Design Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

The Principal Mixed-Signal Verification and Emulation Engineer is responsible for defining and implementing mixed-signal solutions, verification plans, models, roadmaps and delivering complete Mixed-Signal DV and emulation solutions that address challenges across the full spectrum of diverse mixed-signal products. This also includes driving innovation across the Mixed-Signal verification flow to create efficient and accurate mixed-signal methodologies and improve verification of SERDES controller and phy through emulation with Palladium/Protium.

This ideal candidate is expected to be a mixed-signal DV expert or emulation expert and will be the hub between all engineering teams.

Duties:

• Architect, develop, champion, and implement metric-driven mixed-signal verification solutions, in the areas of: Digital/DMS/AMS/Emulation testbench creation and generation

  • Automatic Model generation and testing

  • Cadence Design Systems AMS simulation flows

  • Mixed-Signal Assertions and Checkers

  • Synthesizable and Non-Synthesizable Behavioral Modeling and Model Validation Methodologies

  • Mixed-Signal VIP integration and testing

  • Mixed-Signal emulation flows and practices

• Power intent verification including Low power states, state retention, and CPF/UPF integration

• Push technology for mixed-signal modeling, simulation, and DV in order to improve mixed-signal verification efficiency and accuracy.

• Ensure scalable mixed-signal DV solutions to cover the breadth of IPG offerings including SerDes, DDR, A2D converters, and custom solutions

• Drive adoption of analog behavioral modeling methodologies for efficient mixed-signal verification from conception through simulation and emulation

• Develop efficient debug solutions and techniques

• Develop an efficient and accurate full-stack mixed-signal methodology for the entire IP stack from the controller to the analog circuit.

• Propagate mixed-signal knowledge and mentor junior engineers

• Collaborate closely with:

  • Digital, Analog, Firmware, Test and customer engineers 

  • Internal methodology and tool development teams, like Virtuoso/ADE/Xcelium/Palladium/Protium. PDK teams

  • Customer management and engineering support teams

Qualifications

• 7-15+ Years’ experience in working with Digital and Analog mixed-signal environments and teams.

• Must have good written and verbal cross-functional communication skills.

• Proven experience in most of the following:

• Creating Verification infrastructure (test-bench, environment, scripting)

• Scripting of verification flows, design automation

• Debugging verification test cases

• Knowledge of existing and upcoming standards such as PCIE, USB, DDR4, etc.

• Must be comfortable interacting across the IPG development team including the ability to understand design constraints.

• Knowledge of multiple programming languages. C++, Python, System Verilog, and e (verification language) are a plus

• Knowledge of Mixed-Signal Cadence tools and mixed-signal methodology is a plus

• Knowledge of Palladium/Protium or other hardware accelerator tools is a plus.

• Knowledge of System Verilog and UVM Test environment and methods is a plus

• Working knowledge of revision control tools such as SOS, SVN is a plus

• Education Level: Bachelor's Degree (MSEE Preferred)

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