Lead Software Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Job Overview: This role will contribute directly to the development and enhancement of AMBA Performance verification focusing on protocol functionality, performance, and robustness. This work may involve: Implementing AMBA protocol features and state machines Developing debug, trace, and analysis capabilities Working closely with architects and executing features per plan.

Job Responsibilities

Designing and implementing protocol functionality in AMBA AVIP Developing and debugging BFMs, transactors, and associated software interfaces Ensuring correctness, performance, and scalability in emulation and acceleration flows Supporting customer issues, reproducing problems, and delivering fixes Job Qualifications: Strong fundamentals in digital design, computer architecture, and system‑level verification Experience with hardware description languages (System.

Verilog/Verilog) and/or C/C++ Understanding of standard interconnect and bus architectures (e.g., AMBA, UFS/Unipro/MPhy) Familiarity with emulation, acceleration, or hybrid verification flows is a strong plus Good debugging skills using waveforms, logs, and protocol analyzers Ability to work across hardware and software boundaries We’re doing work that matters.

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