Cadence
Technology
PrincipalProductEngineer
“Principal Product Engineer at Cadence. Skills: Silicon Engineering, SoC Bring-up, Yield Management. Own first-silicon bring-up, characterization, and debug. Drive yield learning and yield ramp”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver high-quality silicon at scale; shipping robust, manufacturable silicon
Industry & Context.
Drive root cause and fixes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12 + years of experience in product, yield, or silicon engineering, Proven ownership of large, complex SoCs from bring-up through production, experience with silicon debug, yield analysis, and manufacturing flows, Hands-on exposure to reliability qualification and failure analysis, Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive execution under schedule pressure
Nice to Have
Experience working with offshore manufacturing partners (e. g. , Taiwan) is a plus
What You'll Do.
Own first-silicon bring-up
Drive yield learning and yield ramp
Lead silicon reliability and qualification activities
Analyze failures across test
and product readiness criteria
Partner with foundries
and manufacturing teams
Support field quality
Act as a key technical leader
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working closely with design, test, foundry, and OSAT partners; Partner with foundries, OSATs, and manufacturing teams; Act as a key technical leader across design, test, reliability, and operations teams
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