Sr Application Engineer – GCS ( Virtuoso )

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Job Description

Job Title: Sr Application Engineer – GCS

Work location : Bangalore

Work Experience : 2-5 Years or relevant years of experience

Qualifications : BE/BTech/ME/MS/MTech in Electrical/Electronic or equivalent

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware, and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications, including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial, and health.

The Cadence Advantage

· The opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in an environment that encourages you to be creative, and innovative, and to make an impact.

· Cadence’s employee-friendly policies focus on the physical and mental well-being of employees, career development, providing opportunities for learning, and celebrating success in recognition of the specific needs of the employees.

· The unique “One Cadence – One Team” culture builds and fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion to maximize our ability to innovate, drive growth, and win with our customers. Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization.

· Multiple avenues of learning and development available for employees to explore as per their specific requirements and interests

· You get to work with a diverse team of passionate, dedicated, and talented individuals who go above and beyond for our customers, our communities, and each other—every day.

Job Summary

ASK provides remote technical support to WW customers of Cadence in all its Software products. Application Engineers apply their expertise and debugging skills to resolve customer issues quickly, collaborate with R&D to ensure bug fixes, and create technical artifacts for Cadence Support Portal to enable customer self-help. The role requires continuous learning, excellent problem-solving, and communication skills.

As a member of the ASK Organization for the Custom IC & Simulation group, you will partner with worldwide Cadence customers to provide post-sales technical consultation for Custom IC domain products involving Front End (Design Editing, Netlisting, Simulation), Back End (Layout Generation, Placement and Routing, Verifying), Design Porting, Tool Setup, and Customization for implementing cutting-edge designs.

This involves working closely with the customers to understand and debug complex issues enabling them to proceed further with design cycle phases, helping them leverage the latest tool capabilities, and guiding them with the implementation of software in their design methodologies. You will have an opportunity to acquire both breadth and depth of technical knowledge, get wide exposure to the latest design practices in the industry, and demonstrate expertise by authoring high-impact knowledge content.

This role also provides an opportunity to participate in the evolution of key technology solutions to the most pressing design problems. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with product teams to identify and prioritize product improvement initiatives with your timely feedback and observations.

This an excellent opportunity to work in a supportive, flexible, and friendly work environment that ASK offers, where we are vested in each other’s success, and are passionate about technology and innovation.

Job Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to assisting customers with flow-setup, queries, and issues raised by them, working with Product R&D on defects and enhancements, and creating a knowledge database for Cadence Online Support customers on common problems and solutions. The goal is to provide a superior Support experience to Cadence customers. Additional responsibilities include working on various company projects that require excellent teaming skills and the ability to work across functional areas to optimize the support flow.

Qualifications

· Bachelor/Master/PhD’s Degree in Electrical / Electronics / Electronics and Communication / Embedded System Engineering with 4-7 years of related experience.

Experience and Technical Skills required

· Applicable experience includes working product knowledge of Virtuoso Schematic Editor (L/XL), Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (Explorer, Assembler), Virtuoso Layout Suite (L/XL/GXL), Design Framework (DFII) Environment and Various Translators, Any Spice Simulator, PCells, OpenAccess, Installation and Licensing, Technology file, SKILL, and Customization, Standard Cell or Library Characterization, Mixed Signal Simulation etc. Working knowledge & Hands on experience of Cadence or competitor or in-house EDA tools; technical customer support problem-solving experience is a must.

· Must have excellent debugging skills and the ability to separate critical issues from trivial ones.

Behavioral skills required

· Must possess strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

· Ability to establish a close working relationship with customers, peers, and management.

· Explore what’s possible to get the job done, including creative use of unconventional solutions.

· Work effectively across functions and geographies.

· Push to raise the bar while always operating with integrity.

With Regards,

K Madhu Prasad

kmadhup@cadence.com

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