Lead Software Engineer

Nice to Have

• Experience with Arm-based SoCs, AMBA protocols, and emulation platforms.
• Familiarity with QEMU, Fast Models, or processor simulation environments.
• Experience working in a pre-silicon environment where virtual platforms are the primary software development vehicle.
• Comfort with AI-assisted development, debugging, and automation workflows.
• Why Cadence Early Impact.
• The candidate will not be integrating someone else's decisions; they will be making them.
• Platform work at this level directly unblocks software development across multiple teams and product lines at Cadence.
• Pre-silicon HW/SW co-debug at scale is genuinely difficult, and this team operates at the leading edge of that space.
• Cross-Functional Reach.
• The candidate will work closely with architecture, RTL, and firmware teams, not as a downstream consumer, but as a peer shaping how the platform evolves.
• Technical Leadership That Means Something.
• This is a role with real ownership, real mentorship responsibility, and a direct line to product outcomes at one of the semiconductor industry's most respected EDA and IP companies.
• We’re doing work that matters.
• Help us solve what others can’t.