Lead C++ Software Engineer

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

We are looking for an exceptional C++ software engineer to join the Protium Software Development Team to develop and enhance the Protium FPGA-Based Prototyping product which is used by leading CPU / GPU / HyperScaler companies for pre-Silicon software validation of their SOC’s.

You will develop new algorithms and optimizations for QoR (Quality of Results) and performance for the Protium Compiler working with a small team of super star engineers to develop our next generation FPGA based verification platform.

Responsibilities :

Enhance Static Timing Analysis (STA)in the Protium Compiler.

Work includes implementingnew algorithms in C++to support Multi-cycle constraints and other SDC exceptions such as set_false_path.

Optimize memory and runtime by using multi-threading and distributed computing .

Develop the EDA automation flow for the platform with other engineers.

Write Design Specifications and Unit Tests for your code

Position Requirements / Qualifications :

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Electrical / Computer Engineering and a minimum of 4 years of related experience, or Masters and a minimum of 2 years of related experience, or PhD with thesis in a relevant area.
• Ideally you are a solid contributor in the FPGA or ASIC prototyping / synthesis / verification space and have delivered great QoR on these platforms.
• You are well renowned for your excellent programming skills in C / C++ and you document your work clearly and love talking about it to your team.
• You are very comfortable with Verilog or SystemVerilog and understand digital circuits .
• Usage of popular logic simulators and some experience in multi-threaded / concurrent programming are pluses.
• The role requires exceptional software skills and Object Oriented Programming experience to be a good match
• Knowledge and experience of ML / AI algorithms and deployment in production code a plus

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