Software Engineer II: Innovus R&D

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About This Role

Member of the CTS team responsible for the design and development of new algorithms and technology in automated clock-tree synthesis in the Innovus place and route tool.
Develop code in C++ and Tcl within a distributed software development environment with other contributors from around the world.
Maintain and improve existing code to improve software scalability, reduce tool turn-around-time, and reduce memory footprint.
Debug customer issues and fix bugs to ensure software is functionally correct.
Build unit tests and run regressions to validate the functionality of the software being developed.
Test new algorithmic developments and associated software integration by executing the software on industrial test cases.
Minimum Requirements: Complete Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or another numerate discipline such as Physics or Mathematics.
Strong programming and software engineering experience in a C-like programing language (C/C++/Java/C#/Rust etc.).
Interest in software engineering: language features, data structures, design patterns, unit testing, automation tools.
Good verbal and written communication skills in English and Portuguese and a good team player.
Ability to meet stringent deadlines within a fast-paced work environment.
Nice to Have: A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline or Bachelor’s with at least 2 years of work experience in a comparable software engineering role.
Knowledge of algorithms and data structures in Computer Science, specifically in Electronic Design Automation (Placement, Routing, Clock Tree Synthesis, etc.).
Experience of a version control system (Perforce/Git etc.).
Knowledge of Linux command line tools.
Experience of using an agentic coding system (Claude Code, Github Copilot, etc) for development.
Additional Job Details: Employment category: CLT.
Employment term: 40 hours/week.
Competitive benefits.
Location: Savassi, Belo Horizonte, Brazil About Cadence: Cadence is the only company that provides the expertise and tools, IP, and hardware required for the entire electronics design chain, from chip design to chip packaging to boards and to systems.
We enable electronic systems and semiconductor companies to create innovative products that transform the way people live, work, and play.
Our products are used in mobile, consumer, cloud datacenter, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial and other market segments.
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