Senior Principal Software Engineer - Accelerated Verification IP

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. • San Jose, CA, United States • Posted June 15, 2026

Location San Jose, CA
Job Type Full-time
Category other-general
Posted June 15, 2026
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
The AVIP (Accelerated Verification IP) and Virtual Bridge (VB) business is a core part of Cadence’s Virtual Emulation and System Verification portfolio, enabling high‑performance verification on Palladium and Protium platforms. The team builds high‑performance protocol solutions that enable customers to verify complex SoCs and systems at much higher speed and scale than traditional simulation.


Together, AVIP and VB are critical to customers building high‑performance compute, AI, networking, and memory‑coherent systems, where early software bring‑up, performance analysis, and protocol compliance are essential.


The AVIP / Virtual Bridge R&D team designs, implements, and productizes protocol solutions that span hardware, software, and system‑level verification. The team works across multiple layers, including:

+ Protocol architecture and ...

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