Lead Application Engineer

Location: Town of Belgium
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** At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
** Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality.

Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health.
** At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
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* Job Title:

** Lead Application Engineer
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* Location:

** IMEC Campus, Leuven, Belgium                                               
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* Reports to:

** Application Engineering Director
** Job Overview:
** The Cadence Applications Engineer (AE) role is a great opportunity to employ your strong technical skills to enable semiconductors companies adopting Cadence solutions and associated IC design methodologies. The Application Engineer will work with some of the most technically demanding IC design development solutions and leading-edge nanometers process technologies.

The AE is credible to articulate Cadence solutions with an emphasis on analog/mixed-signal custom IC design platform (Virtuoso, Spectre) with specialization on the Back-End part (layout/layout automation).
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* Job Responsibilities:

*** Acquire strong technical understanding of the complete IC design/verification flow with focus on analog design automation
* Identifying and tracking technical issues in customer's full custom IC design environment, prioritize them taking account both the customer's & Cadence's needs. Drive their resolution within Cadence R&D
* Drive best practices and lessons learned from training deliveries, tool benchmarks and customer interactions back into product development and Cadence AE community
* Identify technical gaps that prevent efficient use of the Cadence tools and put together sessions like workshops or Lunch & Learn in order to explain how to use the tool efficiently and close the gaps.
* Improve existing design methodologies and develop new methodologies leveraging ever evolving Cadence solutions and services.
* Develop a deep and trusting relationship with the customer's design teams
* Be able to work independently to find solutions for the client, while utilizing help from the Local, European and global Cadence organization when needed.
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* Job Qualifications:

*** MSc/MEng preferred – in micro-electronics engineering
* 5 to 12 years of work experience in the domain
* Proficient on analog/mixed-signal/RF design flow with Cadence Virtuoso Platform
* Strong track record of experience in Custom IC layout (Tape Out experience) block level and top-level using Virtuoso Layout XL or upper tier
* Experience in Analog Layout Automation (Placement & Routing) device and block level
* Experience in Analog design and simulation is a plus
* Experience in Photonics is a plus
* Experience in SKILL and/or Python programming is a plus
* Experience of UNIX environments
* Ability to work without close supervision in customer environment.
* A team player who is passionate about technology but also understands business requirements
* Excellent problem-solving skills
* Good communication skills including good level in English Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
** Travel:** 10% ##
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Cadence plays a critical role in creating the technologies that modern life depends on. We are a global electronic design automation company, providing software, hardware, and intellectual property to design advanced semiconductor chips that enable our customers create revolutionary products and experiences. Thanks to the outstanding caliber of the Cadence team and the empowering culture that we have cultivated for over 25 years, Cadence continues to be…