Senior Principal C++ Software Engineer
Location
San Jose, CA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 16, 2026
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
We are looking for an experienced C++ software engineer to join the Protium Software Development Team to develop and enhance the FPGA-Based Prototyping product which is used by leading CPU/GPU/HyperScaler companies for pre-Silicon software validation of their SOC’s.
You will develop new algorithms and optimizations for QoR (Quality of Results) and performance for the Protium Timing flow working with a small team of engineers to develop our next generation FPGA based verification platform.
Responsibilities:
+ Enhance and support Timing Engine to add new features and extend existing features
+ Enhance and support Timing Flow to improve P&R compile time
+ The role involves designing, tuning, and innovating timing graph algorithms and flow operating on multi‑billion‑node timing graphs
+ Write Specifications and Unit ...
We are looking for an experienced C++ software engineer to join the Protium Software Development Team to develop and enhance the FPGA-Based Prototyping product which is used by leading CPU/GPU/HyperScaler companies for pre-Silicon software validation of their SOC’s.
You will develop new algorithms and optimizations for QoR (Quality of Results) and performance for the Protium Timing flow working with a small team of engineers to develop our next generation FPGA based verification platform.
Responsibilities:
+ Enhance and support Timing Engine to add new features and extend existing features
+ Enhance and support Timing Flow to improve P&R compile time
+ The role involves designing, tuning, and innovating timing graph algorithms and flow operating on multi‑billion‑node timing graphs
+ Write Specifications and Unit ...