Senior Principal Product Engineer

Posted:
4/22/2026, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
San Jose, California, United States ⋅ California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

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Job Overview:


As an EDA Product Engineer for the Sigrity & Clarity family of products, you will be responsible for capturing the requirements of, developing, testing and delivering software integrations between Sigrity & Clarity and other EDA tools within the Cadence EDA portfolio. You will work closely with other members of the Product Engineering and R&D teams to respond to development and enhancement requests, focusing primarily upon the usability and user experience of Sigrity & Clarity and their interactions with other Cadence tools. Some travel may be required.


Job Responsibilities:


• Develop and maintain Cadence MSA products, including Sigrity, Clarity, and Microwave office.  
• Integrate the MSA products with and their interactions with the Cadence other product families.

• Work in cooperation with local/international Field Applications team members to capture feedback and usability improvement requests for the Sigrity and Clarity family of products.
• Work in cooperation with R&D teams to transform feedback and improvement requests into detailed requirement specifications.
• Translate the requirement specifications into working software implementations.
•  Perform detailed testing of the software implementations in preparation for release to customers.
• Author documentation and work with Technical Publications to ensure its inclusion into correct and easy to understand documents.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master or Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science/Electromagnetic Engineering (or related field)
• Antenna, RF circuit design background with at least 5 years of professional experience
• Knowledge of 3D computational electromagnetics, understanding one of FEM, FDTD, MoM or other algorism.  Familiar with industry electromagnetics software. 
• Knowledge of RF and antenna design, familiar with Clarity, Microwave office, EMX, or other electromagnetics simulation tools;  Understand PCB, Package SI/PI simulation. 
• Familiar with SI/PI tools, like PowerSI,  OptimizPI,  XtractIM.
• Passionate about usability and delivery of right-the-first-time integrations
• Creativity and out-of-the-box thinking
• Capable of giving and accepting constructive feedback
• Collaboration and customer interaction skills
• Oral and written English proficiency


Desired Qualifications:


• Experience working in an agile and fast-paced product development environment
• Experience with Cadence EDA tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Allegro, and APD, PowerSI, PowerDC, Clarity, Microwave office, EMX, etc is a plus. 

Additional Information:
Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
 
 

The annual salary range for California is $154,000 to $286,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

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Cadence Design Systems

Website: https://www.cadence.com/

Headquarter Location: San Jose, California, United States

Employee Count: 5001-10000

Year Founded: 1988

IPO Status: Public

Industries: Aerospace ⋅ Electronic Design Automation (EDA) ⋅ Hardware ⋅ Mobile ⋅ Semiconductor ⋅ Software