Principal Design Engineer - Physical Design

Full-time
SHANGHAIvia Cadence CareersPosted Jun 27, 2026
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About this role

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

Job Description

About the team

Our team deliver many high-performance products based on the industry’s most advanced technology with high frequencies up to 8800MHz.Our product processes include TSMC 2nm/3nm/5nm/7nm/12nm and Samsung 2nm/4nm/5nm/7nm/8nm/10nm, etc. In the team you will face great challenges such as FP, CTS, STA, etc. At the same time, you will get rich experience and advanced methodology.

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Responsibilities

Focus on high-speed digital DDR PHY IP physical implementation, develop necessary scripts or tools to enhance current PD design flow. Work in product projects, including but not limited to: complete the project tasks; solve design issue and provide flow to check and avoid similar issue; analyze and summarize PPA optimization methodologies and results, implement optimal design parameters and flows for different projects.

  • Job Requirement:
  • -BS with minimum 7+ years of experience. MS with minimum 5+ years of experience.
  • -Good physical design experience in the digital implementation domain including Floorplan, CTS, STA, Physical verification, Power analysis.
  • -Solid background in circuits, electronics, physics, be willing to learn new technology for cutting edge process node and advanced design methodology.
  • -Skilled in scripting language, such as Perl, C shell, TCL, Makefile, Python.
  • -Familiar with EDA tools like Innovus, ICC, Calibre, Tempus, PrimeTime, etc.
  • We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.

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