Senior Software Engineer - Low Power Verification

Overview

• At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
• Join our team and help build the next generation of low-power verification software for the Palladium and Protium emulation and prototyping platforms.
• What you will do: Improve the performance and correctness of UPF waveform generation across the Parallel Partition Compiler (PPC) and Modular Compiler (MC) flows, including Dielet UPF support.
• Improve SAGE-based UPF debug with Verisium for better performance and usability.
• Help develop AI-assisted, Verisium-integrated UPF debug tools that reduce time-to-root-cause for low-power design issues.
• Work with R&D, PE and AE teams to deploy UPF solutions across key flows (AVIP, UVMA, MC, and Dielets -- each with UPF in 2- and 4-state).
• Help consolidate and unify UPF debug across Palladium and Protium.
• What we are looking for BS in CS, EE, or a related field with 4+ years of experience; MS with 2+ years; PhD with 1+ year; or equivalent practical experience.
• Working knowledge of IEEE 1801 UPF and RTL languages (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL).
• equivalent), with critical evaluation of AI output.
• Strong debugging skills — root-cause analysis from logs, waveforms, traces, testcases, and user reports.
• Ability to read, review, and reason about C++ code and object-oriented designs.
• Scripting experience in Perl, Tcl/Tk, and/or Python.
• Fluency with AI-assisted coding tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or equivalent), with critical evaluation of AI output.
• We’re doing work that matters.
• Help us solve what others can’t.