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Mixed-Signal, Sr Principal Design Engineer

Cadence Systems


Job Location:

San Jose, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 154000 - 286000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (18 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Cadence we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic team of experienced engineers developing physical IP for industry-standard high-speed serial-links.

The successful candidate will ideally be a highly-motivated self-starter who can work independently to complete assigned tasks and contribute to project leadership. The candidate will contribute to all mixed-signal design verification and testing aspects. This includes circuit design and development from a high-level architectural specification post-silicon test plan development and execution and collaboration with the digital team to achieve functional and performance closure.

Candidate must have a thorough understanding of the following:

  • Mixed-signal circuit design fundamentals
  • Mixed-signal circuit design and verification flows
  • Cadence analog design environment
  • Basic signal processing concepts

Familiarity with the following items is a plus:

  • Serial link design techniques
  • Data converter (ADCs and/or DACs) and/or clock synthesis and recovery (PLLs DLLs CDRs) techniques
  • MATLAB or C to facilitate architecture development
  • Hardware description languages such as SystemVerilog or VerilogA for functional model development
  • Scripting languages such as Perl or Python for automation
  • Silicon validation testing knowledge and experience

Other requirements:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ph.D. EE degree with 5 years or MS EE. degree with 7 years of mixed signal design industry experience in advanced process technologies

The annual salary range for California is $154000 to $286000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus equity and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications skill level competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays 401(k) plan with employer match employee stock purchase plan a variety of medical dental and vision plan options and more.

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