Product Engineering Architect

What You'll Do

• Drive, validate and promote an end-to-end solution for system design implementation flows spanning 3D IC, heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging.
• Lead strategic customer engagements, guiding customers to define and deploy advanced heterogeneous integration and multi-die co-design methodologies.
• Influence product roadmap direction by synthesizing customer requirements, market trends, competitive insights, and technical feasibility.
• Produce high-quality Product Requirement Specifications (PRS), technical use cases, and support R&D during product development.
• Provide technical leadership, including requirement trade-off analysis, solution validation, adoption risk assessment, and prioritization of critical bugs and enhancements.
• Mentor and guide product engineers and cross-functional team members on complex design-flow challenges, technical decision-making and customer communication.
• Create executive- and customer-ready technical collateral, demonstrations, application workflows, and enablement materials that accelerate field and customer adoption.
• Represent product engineering in roadmap discussions, customer reviews, product launches, and industry events.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Product Management, Field teams, Technical Publications and Product Validation to deliver robust, customer-ready capabilities.
• Own deliverables from definition through customer deployment with a strong focus on execution and accountability.
• Job Qualifications: BS in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related technical field.
• Deep expertise in semiconductor design, physical implementation, advanced packaging, or EDA product engineering.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of the Cadence Virtuoso platform and associated custom IC design flows, with the ability to connect detailed technical issues to broader product strategy. 15+ years of relevant experience in product engineering, methodology development, customer enablement, or technical leadership roles.
• Demonstrated ability to shape technical direction and align cross-functional stakeholders around high-value deliverables.
• Proven track record working with strategic customers, including discovery of complex requirements, executive-level technical communication, and successful deployment of advanced design flows.
• Ability to lead through influence, mentor technical contributors, prioritize effectively, and drive team-level technical objectives.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across global and multicultural teams, and across functions.
• Highly motivated by the rapidly evolving landscape of 3DIC, heterogeneous integration, and advanced packaging technologies, with a passion for driving innovation in next-generation semiconductor solutions.
• Additional Skills/Preferences: Experience with co-design flows around 3D IC, heterogeneous integration, and silicon-package-board integration.
• Knowledge of Cadence Allegro Package Designer Plus (APD+) and package implementation methodologies.
• Knowledge of Cadence Virtuoso SKILL language or any other interpreted language.
• 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: Approximately 5-10% travel, primarily for strategic customer engagements and internal collaboration The annual salary range for California is $185,500 to $344,500.
• You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits.
• Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure.
• Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location.
• Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.
• We’re doing work that matters.
• Help us solve what others can’t.