Principal Product Engineer

Principal
Companycadence.com
LocationBANGALORE
CategorySoftware Engineering
SeniorityPrincipal
Workplace-
Posted2026-08-22
Viaworkday

Description

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

Position: Principal Product Engineer

Experience: 8-12 Years

Location: Bangalore

Job Description

This opportunity is for a Principal Product Engineer in the Digital and Signoff Group (DSG) at Cadence. The Cadence Digital and Signoff Group will offer you a dynamic environment in which you will work with innovative R&D and Customer Engagement teams to influence the development of software tools for advanced chip design platforms.

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As a Principal Product Engineer for Liberate, you will engineer innovative and quality characterization solutions/methods for foundational IPs, working closely with R&D and fellow engineers.

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You will work on customer activities, run competitive benchmarks, develop flows and solutions to proliferate our technologies at customers.

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You will also work very closely with customers to drive product adoptions and campaigns, as well as drive partnership and collaborative projects with customers.

Experience and Technical Skills Required

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Foundational IP characterization expertise, and Liberty modeling expertise.

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Deep understanding of different Liberty formats: NLDM, CCS, ECSM, LVF, EM, Aging etc.

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Firsthand experience performing characterizations with an industry-standard solution.

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Firsthand experience with industry-standard circuit simulators.

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Good understanding of integrated circuit operation and CMOS fundamentals.

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Fair understanding of process variation, and statistical characterization, with familiarity at advanced process nodes (5nm, 3nm etc.)

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Coherent problem-solving skills to debug customer problems and propose solutions.

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Automation skills using Tcl, Python, and shell scripting.

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Experience with Memory or Macro or Mixed-Signal characterization is a plus.

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Experience with Cadence Liberate is a plus.

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Experience with Cadence Spectre is a plus.

Educational Qualification

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BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS/CSE/EE or equivalent

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