Lead 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.
• R&D Software Engineering role in Physical Verification area is a multi-faceted position encapsulating a mix of physical verification software development, algorithm development, software debugging, performance optimization, accuracy analysis, GUI development and integration with layout/schematic editors.
• R&D engineers collaborate with a large team of EDA professionals across multiple geographical regions to create and deliver best in class next generation software for physical IC application.
• R&D engineers work on complicated applications and interface them with other applications in a large suite of highly connected modules to enable next-generation physical verification solutions with superior performance and usability.
• R&D engineers develop code that satisfies the requirements for successful semiconductor design deployment.
• As R&D Engineer you will be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, troubleshooting, debugging and supporting critical projects. 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 Responsibilities:

As Lead Software Engineer, this person will be responsible for the following software engineering activities:

• Write code implementing product requirement specifications
• Write and maintain unit tests and other tests as needed for implemented features and enhancements
• Participate in code reviews.
• Work with PE (Product Engineering) and QPV (Quality Product Validation) to review code quality and coverage of requested functionality
• Provide code fixes as requested by bug tracking system
• This person should have personality & communication skills for working within the R&D group, and with cross functional groups, such as PE, QPV, CM
• This person should be able to work independently, being able to collaborate remotely with team members.

Job Qualifications:

• 4+ years of C++ development using object-oriented methodology
• Understand algorithm complexity and data structures
• Be able to write and debug multithreaded applications
• Have good experience writing Qt-based applications (model-view is mandatory)
• Successful candidate should have the knowledge of LISP or Tcl.

Educational Qualification:

• BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS/ECE/EE or equivalent

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• experience with physical verification
• schematic and layout design
• experience with SKILL programming
• object oriented design basics