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Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health.

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• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in an environment that encourages you to be creative, innovative, and to make an impact.
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• Multiple avenues of learning and development available for employees to explore as per their specific requirement and interests
• You get to work with a diverse team of passionate, dedicated, and talented individuals who go above and beyond for our customers, our communities, and each other—every day.

Job Summary

Join Cadence’s VEM team, a key R&D group advancing electromagnetic (EM), thermal, and multi‑physics technologies within the Virtuoso platform. This team builds the EM and thermal modeling capabilities that power today’s most advanced semiconductor designs, including 2.5D/3D‑IC and heterogeneous integration flows.

In this role, you’ll work on the Virtuoso Heterogeneous Integration toolset, helping develop next‑generation solutions for EM analysis, thermal analysis, RC extraction and multi‑fabric modeling across IC, package, and system domains.

This is a great opportunity for a motivated Software Engineer to contribute to cutting‑edge multi‑technology design, including cross‑fabric implementation, die stacking, and multi‑physics analysis—all within a supportive, innovative, and highly collaborative environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, build, troubleshoot, and debug state‑of‑the‑art EDA software features and services.
• Scale performance across runtime, memory footprint, and CPU/GPU utilization to support next‑generation, large‑scale designs.
• Analyze advanced layout cross‑sections and translate insights into robust algorithms and product features.
• Deliver innovative, customer‑centric solutions by leveraging and extending existing tool capabilities.
• Drive process excellence: define improvements, manage schedules and dependencies, and own deliverables end‑to‑end.
• Apply ML/AI techniques to automate workflows and improve engineering productivity and quality.
• Collaborate globally with R&D, Product Engineering (PE), and Application Engineering (AE);mentor junior engineers and foster best practices.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech/ME/MS/MTech in Computer Science/Electrical/Electronics

Experience and Technical Skills required

• 15+ years of software development experience in electronic circuits/EDA/layouts.
• Strong programming skills (C++, SKILL, AI programming platform)
• Good understanding of an electronic circuit/parasitic/EM/thermal analysis will be a plus.

Preferred Attributes

• Recognized as a technical expert with a track record of delivering innovative solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to influence technical direction and drive strategic initiatives.

Be proud and passionate about the work you do. Together, our One Cadence -- One Team culture drives our success.

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