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Sr. Principal Software Engineer

📍 Location
San Jose
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 08, 2026

About the Role

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
This position is for an R&D engineer, who will be involved in developing a multi-threaded and distributed physical synthesis core engine in Innovus Implementation System. The position involves interaction and collaboration with a highly motivated global R&D team.


Essential Job Functions/Accountabilities: The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, troubleshooting and debugging software programs in the areas of physical synthesis. Work closely with product engineers/technical sales to provide engineering solutions and workarounds to make customers successful


Minimum Qualifications:Highly technical engineer with excellent problem solving skillsC/C++ software development experience in Linux environmentStrong understanding and extensive usage of data structures and algorithmsGreat communication skills and a strong desire for workin...

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