Principal Software Engineer

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Job Title:                Principal Software Engineer

Location:                Cork

Reports to:               Principal Software Engineer

Job Overview:

Cadence Design Systems is looking for a highly motivated software engineer to work with the R&D engineering team in the Digital & Signoff Group.

Job Responsibilities:

This role will be with the Quantus product.  Quantus is the industry leading parasitic extraction software product that enables cutting edge chip design across the globe. R&D Software Engineering role in Parasitic Extraction area is a multi-faceted position encapsulating a mix of software development, algorithm development, software debugging, performance optimization, accuracy analysis, GUI development and integration with layout/schematic editors as well as state of the art simulators.

You will be also expected to design, develop, fix bugs and respond to customer queries, define project completion checklists; collaborate with cross-function teams.

You will have a chance to contribute to the main Physical Verification flows in EDA industry and your work will be visible through billions of electronic devices deployed worldwide.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in computer Science or Electrical Engineering;  + 7 years of related experience or
• Masters + 5 years related experience

Key Skills

• Hands-on coding & debugging (C++) in a UNIX environment for computationally intensive applications. Experience of working with multiple developers on large codebases is valued
• Proven ability to make programs run faster and consume less memory using algorithmic optimization, multi-threading, distribution, HPC. Ability to analyse complexity (big O notation) is a must
• Familiar with the full software development lifecycle from Requirements to final delivery.
• Software development environments, version control, Linux, scripting languages such as Tcl/Perl/Python
• Excellent communication skills - the ability to share complex ideas & information is paramount.

Additional Skills/Preferences:       

• Existing EDA tool development experience
• Maths or physics background with knowledge and implementation experience of any of the following: Computational geometry, numerical methods, solving large systems of linear equations, Maxwell’s equations & model order reduction
• GUI development, ideally using QT
• Knowledge and implementation experience with the chip design flow, layout connectivity, parasitic extraction, LEF/DEF is a big plus

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