Cadence

Technology

PostSiliconValidationEngineerII

Cary, North Carolina, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
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The Brief

“Post Silicon Validation Engineer II at Cadence. Skills: Post Silicon Validation, High-speed analog/mixed signal designs, Python scripting. Evaluate Cadence designs in silicon. Develop test methodologies”

What You'll Achieve.

Make an impact on the world of technology; Deliver software, hardware, and IP; Turn design concepts into reality; Empower team to focus on creative problem-solving; Build best-in-class digital and mixed-signal IP solutions; Support post-silicon bring-up and characterization; Enhance productivity; Improve decision making; Maintain high-quality customer deliverables; Extract insights; Identify patterns; Generate actionable recommendations

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

B. S. or M. S. degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, or related engineering subject area, 1+ years of validation experience, experience in high-speed analog/mixed signal designs, Experience with high-speed test equipment such as Bit-Error Rate Tests (BERT), Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzers, and Network Analyzers, Solid software programming/scripting experience in languages such as Python or similar object-oriented languages

What You'll Do.

Evaluate Cadence designs in silicon

Develop test methodologies

Improve current test practices

Validate silicon designs

Devise script infrastructure

Write scripts for configuration

Write scripts for test automation

Write scripts for data analysis

Generate Test Reports

Support customer demonstration

Support customer issues and debugs

Leverage AI-powered tools

Apply AI-powered analytics tools

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with analog designers; Collaborate with digital designers; Collaborate with system designers; Work alongside seasoned professionals

Communication Scope

Communication

Full Job Description

## **At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.** Job Title: Post Silicon Validation Engineer II **About Us** Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. We apply our Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware, and IP that turn design concepts into reality. This strategy is supplemented by AI-augmented development practices throughout all our organizations to empower our team to focus on creative problem-solving and innovation. Our customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products—from chips to boards to systems—for dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial, and health. Join us and be part of a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and customer success. **Position Overview** We invite you to join a growing and innovative IP team dedicated to building best-in-class digital and mixed-signal IP solutions. You will work alongside seasoned professionals developing high-performance IP across protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet. In this role, you will be integral to the organization’s efforts to support post-silicon bring-up and characterization. **Responsibilities:** \- Evaluation of Cadence’ cutting-edge designs in silicon in a lab environment \- Development of test methodologies and improvements to current test practices for validating silicon designs against various industry standards and internal specifications \- Devise script infrastructure and write scripts for configuring the device, test automation, and data analysis \- Collaborate with several groups such as analog designers, digital designers, system designers in devising experiments, drive data collection, and present results analysis \- Test Report generation for internal and customer consumption \- Support custome

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