Lead Software Engineer

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Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality.

Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health.

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

Job Title:                                             Lead Software Engineer

Location:                                             Cork

Reports to:                                         Software Engineering Director

Job Overview:

This is a R&D Software development role in Virtuoso Studio RF (VSRF) which is a RF design analysis and implementation platform. The role is a multi-faceted position encapsulating understanding of RF designs, software development using complex algorithms, data structures and advanced C++, software debugging, performance optimization and standardized UX based GUI for providing interoperability features with layout/schematic editors across our flagship products, VSRF, Virtuoso and Allegro. R&D engineers collaborate with a large team of EDA professionals across multiple geographical regions to create and deliver best in class RF Design analysis and implementation features in VSRF. R&D engineers work on complicated applications and interface them with other Cadence products and platforms in a large suite of highly connected modules to enable next-generation solutions for RF design with superior performance and usability. R&D engineers develop code that satisfies the requirements for successful semiconductor design deployment. As R&D Engineer you will be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, troubleshooting, debugging and implementing complex projects. You will have a chance to contribute to the high-end products for RF Design analysis in the EDA industry and your work will be visible through billions of electronic devices deployed worldwide.

Job Responsibilities:

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the following software engineering activities:

• Write specifications which capture the high-level functional as well as low-level design specifications from the customers’ requirements.
• Write code implementing product requirement, functional and design specifications
• Write and maintain unit tests and other tests as needed for implemented features and enhancements.
• Participate in code reviews and conduct peer code reviews.
• Work with PE (Product Engineering) and PV (Product Validation) to review code quality and coverage of requested functionality.
• Provide code fixes as requested by bug tracking system.
• This person should have personality & communication skills for working within the R&D group, and with cross functional groups, such as PE and PV.
• This person should be able to work independently, being able to collaborate remotely with team members outside of Ireland

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in CSE or Electrical or Electronics or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant experience
  • Masters in CSE/Electronics with 3+ years of relevant experience
• C++17 or later
• STL, Templates, Design patterns
• Data Structures, design and analysis of algorithms
• Microsoft Visual Studio/Visual Studio Code
• Cmake, git(hub)
• Static checkers, Memory profilers
• Software development on Windows and/or Linux

Additional Skills/Preferences:                     

• GUI development using Qt framework
• Python/scripting knowledge
• Experience with IC design and analysis CAD tools

Additional Information:

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace. 

Travel:                                                 >10% 

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