Design Enablement Engineer II
CADENCE US
Apply to this job SHANGHAI Until 8/23/2026 First posted April 17, 2026 Last posted April 17, 2026
Job description
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
Key responsibilities
- Leverage silicon verification platform and environment to create necessary post-silicon infrastructure, methodology and automation to allow tests executed in a timely and efficient manner.
- Integrate silicon, HW, firmware, and system software into a complete system which includes various InfiniBand and PCIe protocols, PXE booting, virtual machines, secure networks, Ethernet and Ethernet-over-InfiniBand, sockets and RPC calls, FPGA, microcontroller interfaces, JTAG, I2C, SPI, SERDES, memory and many other interfaces.
- Execute post-silicon tests to expose design issues, validate product against the specifications including performance, and qualify the design for production release.
- Review, replicate, and respond to customer issues. Perform initial analysis of error logs from customer design simulation runs. Debug and isolate system-level issues down to ASIC/FPGAs, host servers, subsystems, firmware modules, runtime diagnostics.
- Develop silicon and system stress tests. Leverage tests developed by other engineers. Package tests for production and field use.
- Define, develop and drive the implementation of validation automation environment
Requirement
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering. Master’s degree preferred.
- Must be proficient in one or more of the following disciplines – silicon simulation, silicon design, HW design, firmware design, silicon bring-up, system bring-up, HW/SW debug, verification and validation.
- Fluent in at least one functional scripting language, preferably but not limited to Python. Other languages are plus.
- Experience with embedded software/firmware, operating systems, and/or HW/SW interfaces is a plus
- Experience in developing, maintaining and operating automated engineering processes is a big plus.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, self-motivated and ability to work with cross-functions teams around the globe.
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About this role
Summary
Develop verification, automation, and debug system for silicon and hardware integration.
Job title
Design Enablement Engineer II
Experience level
entry to mid level
Industry
technology
Location requirements
Candidates must be in Shanghai, remote not specified.
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Skills & keywords
Required skills
silicon simulationsilicon designHW designfirmwarePython
Preferred skills
embedded softwareoperating systemsautomation processes
Specializations
silicon verificationsystem softwareFPGAHW designfirmware
Locations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Shanghai, China
On-site City