Lead Support Application Engineer GCS

Job Description

Job Title: Technical Support Engineer (GCS - Multiphysics System Analysis) Organization: GCS Organization, MSA (Multiphysics System Analysis) Role Summary: As a member of the GCS Organization for the MSA (Multiphysics System Analysis), you will partner with world-wide Cadence customers to provide post-sales technical consultation for IC level Power System analysis products, enabling them to implement cutting-edge designs. Key Responsibilities & Activities: Customer Engagement: Work closely with customers to understand and debug complex issues, enabling progress in design cycle phases. Tool Leverage: Help customers leverage the latest tool capabilities and guide them with software implementation in their design methodologies. Knowledge Contribution: Acquire breadth and depth of technical knowledge, gain exposure to latest industry design practices, and demonstrate expertise by authoring high-impact knowledge content. Technology Evolution: Participate in the evolution of key technology solutions for pressing design problems. Product Improvement: Work with product teams to identify and prioritize product improvement initiatives through timely feedback and observations. Support & Satisfaction: Provide technical support for the Voltus product (from the MSA toolset) with focus on productivity and customer satisfaction. Tool/Method Support: Support multiple tools/methods, requiring general domain knowledge and developing business experience. Content Creation: Assist in creation of high-quality and impactful knowledge content in the MSA domain. Independent Work: Work independently at Cadence or customer facilities to deliver quality results according to schedule requirements. Problem Solving: Work on problems of moderate scope that may require analysis of situations, data, or tool problems. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree: Electrical / Electronics / Electronics and Communication / VLSI Engineering with 5-7 years related experience. Master's Degree: 3-4 years of related experience. PhD: 1 year of related experience. Required Experience & Technical Skills: Industry Experience: 3-7 years relevant industry experience in: EMIR analysis PDN analysis with digital signoff tools Digital Physical implementation (as designer or methodology/flow expert) Strong Background in: Digital logic Design CMOS logic Design Power IR drop analysis Circuit Design and Analysis Digital and Behavioral simulation fundamentals related to IC and Package Design Debugging Expertise: Debugging of Low power and multiple power domain analysis for chip power integrity sign-off. Excellent debugging skills and ability to separate out critical from trivial issues. Ability to solve interface-level problems emanating from IC Implementation side and System analysis side. (Plus) Ability to debug Timing and thermal issues in relation to IR and EM. Cadence Tool Knowledge: Understanding of Digital design toolsets (Genus / Innovus / Tempus / Conformal). Knowledgeable of at least 50% of a given flow; detailed knowledge in one CDN tool, learning others. Ability to analyze customer's environment and evaluate appropriate support solutions. Learning competitive tools/technologies. Hardware Description Languages (HDLs): Good understanding of VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog. Scripting: Knowledge on TCL, Perl, or Python. Required Behavioral Skills: Communication: Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills. Relationship Building: Ability to establish close working relationships with both customer peers and management. Problem Solving: Explore what's possible to get the job done, including creative use of unconventional solutions. Collaboration: Work effectively across functions and geographies. Integrity & Drive: Push to raise the bar while always operating with integrity.