Sr Principal Design Engineer (Chiplet Solutions)

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world's most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health. At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Job Title: Sr Principal Design Engineer Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom Reports to: Design Engineering Group Director Job Overview: The Cadence Silicon Solutions Group (SSG) develop leading edge Intellectual Property (IP) and Chiplet Solutions for a variety of High-Tech Markets. The Cadence IP & Chiplet solutions allow our Customers to tackle Silicon product development in a system context, enabling them to focus on product differentiation and to reduce time to volume. The Cadence Vision is to deliver industry leading IP & Chiplet solutions to enable our customers to be successful across fast-moving application spaces such as Physical AI, DataCentre and High Performance Computing. The Sr Principal Design Engineer will be based in Edinburgh as part of an experienced Front-End Engineering Team, working with our Global Chiplet team in Europe, India and the USA. Job Responsibilities: Technical leadership of complex Silicon programs consisting of leading-edge IP Work closely with our Chiplet Architecture team to define next generation Chiplets Integration of Cadence IP Solutions e.g. UCIe, PCIe, Ethernet, USB, NPU, Audio, Vision Integration of partner IP Solutions e.g. CPUs, ISP, Silicon Monitors, NoCs Hands-on leadership of RTL, Testbench, Formal Analysis and Trial Synthesis activities Quality Assurance, via implementation of hierarchical LINT, CDC and release flows Planning of activities and milestones for Chiplet Subsystems and System IP development Leadership of cross-functional technical meetings with domain leads e.g. Verification, SW Support customer pre-sales and post-sales meetings Participate in Technical Review Meetings and Checklist Reviews as part of ISO-9001 Represent Cadence by presenting at Industry Conferences such as IEEE, DAC, CDNLive Job Qualifications: Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Microelectronics, or a related discipline 12+ years' experience in microelectronics/EDA industry Experience of Verilog RTL Design essential Experience of Metric Driven Verification (MDV) essential Experience of Front-end design tools covering LINT, Synthesis, CDC Analysis essential Experience of SoC Architecture and Development essential Experience of Technical Team leadership essential Excellent oral and written English essential Self-motivated with excellent planning, interpersonal, and communication skills Additional Skills/Preferences: Experience of AMBA, PCIe, CXL & UCIe protocols preferred Experience of Quality processes, such as ISO-9001 & ISO-26262 preferred Additional Information: Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. 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