Principal Product Engineer

BANGALORE Until 8/22/2026 First posted September 13, 2025 Last posted September 13, 2025
Job description

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

Position: Principal Product Engineer

Experience: 8-12 Years

Location: Bangalore

Job Description

This opportunity is for a Principal Product Engineer in the Digital and Signoff Group (DSG) at Cadence. The Cadence Digital and Signoff Group will offer you a dynamic environment in which you will work with innovative R&D and Customer Engagement teams to influence the development of software tools for advanced chip design platforms.

  • As a Principal Product Engineer for Liberate, you will engineer innovative and quality characterization solutions/methods for foundational IPs, working closely with R&D and fellow engineers.

  • You will work on customer activities, run competitive benchmarks, develop flows and solutions to proliferate our technologies at customers.

  • You will also work very closely with customers to drive product adoptions and campaigns, as well as drive partnership and collaborative projects with customers.


Experience and Technical Skills Required

  • Foundational IP characterization expertise, and Liberty modeling expertise.

  • Deep understanding of different Liberty formats: NLDM, CCS, ECSM, LVF, EM, Aging etc.

  • Firsthand experience performing characterizations with an industry-standard solution.

  • Firsthand experience with industry-standard circuit simulators.

  • Good understanding of integrated circuit operation and CMOS fundamentals.

  • Fair understanding of process variation, and statistical characterization, with familiarity at advanced process nodes (5nm, 3nm etc.)

  • Coherent problem-solving skills to debug customer problems and propose solutions.

  • Automation skills using Tcl, Python, and shell scripting.

  • Experience with Memory or Macro or Mixed-Signal characterization is a plus.

  • Experience with Cadence Liberate is a plus.

  • Experience with Cadence Spectre is a plus.

Educational Qualification:

  • BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS/CSE/EE or equivalent

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About this role

Summary

Develop and optimize chip design tools, collaborate with customers, and solve advanced IC characterization challenges.

Job title

Principal Product Engineer

Experience level

8-12 years

Industry

software

Location requirements

Bangalore, on-site work only

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

liberty modelingcircuit simulatorstclpythonshell scripting

Preferred skills

cadence liberatespectrememory characterizationmacro characterization

Specializations

chip designcharacterizationliberty modelingcircuit simulationautomation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

On-site City