Product Engineer II

Posted:
1/8/2026, 3:32:45 PM

Location(s):
Shanghai, China

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

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

Job Responsibilities

  • Collaborate closely with foundry partners to understand process technology requirements and translate them into EDA tool enablement strategies.
  • Provide technical guidance and support for foundry PDK development, validation, and deployment.
  • Lead DTCO analysis and methodology development to optimize design rules, cell architectures, and process parameters for performance, power, and area (PPA).
  • Develop and apply DTCO techniques to evaluate and improve standard cell libraries, SRAMs, and analog IPs.
  • Perform design rule impact analysis and recommend modifications to improve manufacturability and design efficiency.
  • Utilize DTCO-driven benchmarking to guide technology scaling decisions and design enablement strategies.
  • Collaborate with process integration and device teams to align design methodologies with process capabilities.
  • Support 3DIC design enablement including floorplanning, partitioning, interconnect modeling, and thermal analysis.
  • Collaborate on EDA tool flows for TSV, interposer, and chiplet-based designs.
  • Drive deployment and optimization of digital design flows including synthesis, place & route, timing analysis, power analysis, and signoff.
  • Benchmark and validate EDA tools across process nodes and design styles.
  • Provide hands-on support to foundry and design customers, resolving technical issues and ensuring successful tool adoption.
  • Deliver training, documentation, and best practices to internal and external stakeholders.

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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