Intern: Application Engineering - Digital Verification Xcelium

BELO HORIZONTE Until 8/22/2026 First posted June 10, 2026 Last posted June 10, 2026
Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Cadence Design Systems Inc. is looking for a motivated Intern: Application Engineering - Digital Verification Xcelium to work with us in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

As an Application Engineer Intern, you will be trained to become an expert in Digital Verification & Simulation methodologies in the System Verification Group - Technical Field Operations (TFO-SVG) in Belo Horizonte. The TFO-SVG group works with Xcelium, Palladium, Protium, Jasper, VIPs, and other Cadence Digital Functional Verification tools. The application engineers provide technical support, enabling customers to effectively deploy our industry-leading technology, focused on RTL-level verification products. You will be trained in a Digital Verification & Simulation focused team working with our Xcelium Simulator, complimentary tools, and its customers to understand their needs and provide guidance on the best technologies and methodologies to enable their success, coming up with innovative solutions to address the industry most challenging problems. You’ll be mentored by experienced professionals to learn languages, tools, and verification methodologies from scratch.

Job Description:

  • Activities focused on the Functional Verification field as mentioned above, mentored by experienced colleague, and reporting to higher management.
  • Provide technical support to customers and field personnel in RTL verification solutions focused on the Xcelium tool.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and provide resolution to customer technical issues.
  • Follow up with customer test cases to verify problems, create workarounds when possible, test and deliver R&D fixes.
  • Close collaboration with R&D on issues using established protocols.
  • Author application notes and help provide feedback on documentation.
  • Help to use scripting languages like TCL and Python for flow development, automation and enhancing design methodologies.

Requirements:

  • Ongoing Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computational Mathematics, or related areas.
  • Graduating in mid 2027
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills in Portuguese and English.
  • Good problem-solving skills.
  • Strong inter-personal and communication skills.
  • A strong interest in learning the technical topics mentioned above.

Nice to have:

Basic understanding or University knowledge and contact with any of these:

  • Experience in scripting languages such as TCL and Python is a plus.
  • Exposure to RTL (Verilog or VHDL) is a plus.

Additional Job Details:

  • Employment category: Internship.
  • Employment term: 20 hours/week.
  • Competitive benefits.
  • Av. do Contorno 5800, Savassi, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

About Cadence Design Systems:

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to impact the world of technology. Cadence has been nominated as a Great Place to Work globally and in Brazil and is also a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For.

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. For more information, access http://www.cadence.com .

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About this role

Summary

Assist in digitalverification, support customers, develop scripts, and learn verification tools.

Job title

Intern: Application Engineering - Digital Verification Xcelium

Experience level

student intern

Industry

software

Location requirements

Belo Horizonte, Brazil; remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

PortugueseEnglishproblem-solvingcommunicationPythonTCL

Preferred skills

VerilogVHDLautomation

Specializations

digital verificationsimulationRTLscriptingverification methodologies
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Work arrangement unknown City