Software Engineer II , Synthesis
Company: Cadence
Location: San Jose, CA
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-09-20
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 seeking a highly motivated software engineer to join our Research & Development staff for the Genus Synthesis Solution product. Genus is a comprehensive tool suite for logic synthesis and physical design, offering broad functionality that drives technology leadership in the electronic design automation (EDA) space. As a member of our innovative team, you will contribute to designing, developing, troubleshooting, debugging, and supporting the Genus software product.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, troubleshoot, debug, and support the Genus Synthesis Solution software.
- Collaborate with a distributed development team to create innovative technologies for logic synthesis and physical design.
- Contribute to the advancement of solutions in areas such as logic synthesis, word-level synthesis, static timing analysis, computer architecture, verification, RTL compilation, placement, power analysis, routing, extraction, and optimization.
- Participate in large-scale software development projects, including timing analysis software initiatives.
- Engage with cross-functional teams to ensure quality and performance of delivered solutions.
Required Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming.
- Excellent programming and software engineering skills.
- Experience with UNIX and/or LINUX platforms is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of Tcl is preferred.
- Experience with multithreaded and/or distributed programming is preferred.
- Prior experience with large software development projects is highly recommended.
- Prior experience with timing analysis software development projects is highly recommended.
Key Competencies
- Strong ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good communication skills – abil...