Principal Software Engineer

Cadence promotes a high-performance culture where employees can work on cutting-edge technology in an environment that encourages them to be creative, innovate, and make an impact while working alongside the industry’s brightest people and innovating for the most advanced companies globally. Through Cadence’s Electronic Design Automation (EDA) products, we’ve worked with a wide range of customers, from helping build the world’s most powerful supercomputer to innovating in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Cadence has been voted a Great Place to Work globally and in the United States and has been a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For 8 times.

You will be part of a team responsible for creating innovative routing technologies required for technology leadership in this space. Responsibilities include formulating and leading the development of the next generation Virtuoso routing software solutions, in a highly collaborative environment with cross-functional teams and customers.

Job Responsibilities:

Individual contributor responsibilities will be to design, develop, and roll out highly differentiated routing software components to propel Virtuoso platform into its next phase of growth.

Job Qualifications:

• Master in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering with 7+ years of experience (or) a Bachelors’s Degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
• A keen eye for scalable and high-quality software deliverables
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong ability to learn new concepts quickly
• Good communication skills and storytelling abilities are preferred – as the development team is distributed
• Excellent programming and software engineering skills(C/C++) via Unix and/or Linux platforms(preferred)
• Proficient in either digital or analog/mixed-signal routing algorithms
• Proficient in software debugging environment (gdb, workshop, etc) and/or version control systems(Perforce, Github, etc)

Check what we can offer you: 

• Possibility to cooperate with people from around the world in an expanding global organization
• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday per year
• Private Medical and Dental plans, Income Protection and Life Insurance
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Cycle to work scheme and gym subsidy
• 5 days paid time to volunteer to give back to our communities
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
• And much more, so do not hesitate to contact us!

Additional Information:

Cadence achieved a ‘Top 15’ ranking in the Great Place to Work awards in the UK in 2022.