Lead Software Engineer, DFT/ATPG

Company: Cadence Design Systems

Location: Austin, TX

Type: Full-time

Posted: 2026-03-23

About this role

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

Cadence Design Systems is looking for a highly motivated engineer to work with the Modus Test R&D team working on Design For Test (DFT) and Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG) Software.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Work as a team to build reliable, scalable and high performance software that are easy to use by engineers worldwide
  • Develop software tools in C/C++ to support DFT/ATPG
  • Research and develop software solutions to allow greater efficiency in software architecture and algorithm optimizations

What We Need To See

  • BS (or equivalent experience) and 7+ years of software development experience, MS/PhD preferred
  • Experienced with modern C++, Unix/Linux and scripting
  • Experienced with static and dynamic code analysis tools
  • Solid understanding of algorithms, computer architecture and computer science theory
  • Passionate about SW development processes
  • Flexibility/adaptability for working in a dynamic environment with different frameworks and requirements
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer collaboration skills

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

  • Experience in VLSI and/or DFT/ATPG.
  • Experience with multi-threading and distributed software
  • Experience in algorithmic and computational software

## We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.

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