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Principal Product Engineer

📍 Location
San Jose
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 18, 2026

About the Role

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
Join Cadence’s Digital and Signoff Group (DSG) as a Product Engineer, where you will act as the vital bridge between R&D, Application Engineering, and our global customers. In this high-impact role, you will influence the next generation of chip design software, helping industry leaders solve complex physical design challenges at 7nm and below.


Key Responsibilities

+ Technical Expert: Serve as the primary place-and-route (P&R) resource for internal development teams and external customers.

+ Product Evolution: Collaborate with R&D to track, diagnose, and resolve software issues, ensuring a robust tool release cycle.

+ Design Benchmarking: Execute competitive benchmarks to demonstrate Cadence’s edge in Power, Performance, and Area (PPA).

+ Flow Innovation: Develop and deploy customized RTL-to-GDSII methodologies and scripts ...

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