Principal Product Engineer

What You'll Do

• Drive new customer evaluations of the Cadence Stratus HLS solution from initial scoping through successful production sign-off, partnering with field application engineers and sales teams throughout the engagement.
• Resolve complex technical design issues for existing HLS customers, delivering solutions that unblock projects and strengthen long-term platform adoption.
• Provide hands-on training on HLS methodology and tool features to new and existing users, improving customer competency and self-sufficiency.
• Identify emerging customer use cases and research new HLS capabilities that would accelerate adoption of next-generation design methodologies, including AI-assisted flows.
• Author product requirement specifications that translate customer and field observations into precise, actionable requirements suitable for software development planning.
• Contribute to, review, and refine functional specifications in close collaboration with product management and R&D, ensuring every specification is development-ready before implementation begins.
• Define feature requirements that advance the Stratus HLS tool flow and design methodology, grounding recommendations in documented customer evidence.
• Manage and grow relationships with internal partners across product management, R&D, field application engineering, and solutions teams to align roadmap priorities with delivery outcomes.
• Represent the voice of the customer in internal roadmap and planning discussions, providing qualitative and quantitative evidence to prioritize high-impact investments.
• Deliver evidence-based feedback from customer evaluations and field engagements to improve product quality and reduce production risk.
• Job Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline required.
• Master’s degree in a related field strongly preferred. 5+ years of combined experience in hardware design, EDA applications engineering, product engineering, or a closely related field.
• Strong background in digital hardware design targeting ASIC or FPGA, including hands-on RTL design experience.
• Working proficiency in C++, with the ability to read, evaluate, and discuss technical design trade-offs at implementation level.
• Experience using hardware design and EDA tools in a Linux environment, including scripted flows and command-line tool operation.
• Demonstrated experience converting customer or stakeholder requirements into clear, structured product or functional specifications.
• Track record of managing technical engagements with external customers or users, driving outcomes from evaluation through production adoption.
• Ability to influence technical direction across engineering, product, and field teams through clear written and verbal communication backed by data.
• Additional Skills/Preferences: Working knowledge of SystemC, the primary input language for Stratus HLS, is a significant advantage.
• Experience with High Level Synthesis tools or methodologies such as Stratus HLS, Catapult, Vitis HLS, or similar is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted hardware design flows or experience integrating AI tools into a hardware design context.
• Prior experience supporting EDA tools in a field or solutions engineering capacity.
• Exposure to requirements management processes or tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or internal specification review workflows.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading knowledge-sharing sessions such as training workshops or technical deep-dives.
• Familiarity with Tcl scripting for EDA tool automation.
• Additional Information: The Stratus Solutions Engineering team is a small, high-impact group that sits at the intersection of product, field, and engineering.
• This role works closely with Field Application Engineers, Account Managers, Product Management, R&D Software Engineers, Solutions and Specialist Engineers across the Cadence Digital & Signoff Group, and broader Cadence AI platform teams.
• The role is based in Cadence’s Cork, Ireland office and uses tools and systems including C++, SystemC, Tcl, Python, Stratus HLS, JasperGold, Genus, Innovus, JIRA, Confluence, Git, SVN, and Perforce.
• Check what we can offer you: 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 The opportunity to work for a Great Place to Work© & Fortune 100 organization 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: Up to 15% travel expected, primarily for customer site visits and engagements at key accounts in Europe, with occasional travel to Cadence engineering and sales offices.
• We’re doing work that matters.
• Help us solve what others can’t.