Principal IC Implementation / STA AE
Originally posted November 13, 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role provides pre-sales and post-sales technical support for Cadence Digital Implementation and Signoff tools. The focus centers on delivering workshops, benchmarks, product demonstrations, methodology consultations, and customer product support.
What you'll do
- Present the technical capabilities of Cadence Digital Implementation and Signoff tools and flows, including Synthesis, Place and Route, and Timing/Physical/Power Signoff.
- Identify product opportunities at existing or potential accounts, partnering with sales teams to define and execute technical campaigns.
- Support technical evaluations and benchmarks to deliver Cadence solution implementations.
- Provide ongoing on-site and off-site customer support and drive usage proliferation.
- Collaborate with R&D teams to deliver tool and methodology enhancements.
- Create technical content for Cadence Online Support, with up to 20% travel as required.
What you'll need
- BS-EE with 8 to 10 years of experience, or MS-EE with 6 to 8 years of experience.
- Core timing signoff expertise covering advanced node STA, UPF and constraints debugging, and hierarchical and 3DIC design STA and closure solutions.
- Solid grounding in digital design fundamentals, semiconductor fundamentals, and Static Timing Analysis.
- Experience with ASIC digital implementation flows and tools.
- Working knowledge of a scripting language such as TCL, Perl, or Python.
Skills: STA, Static Timing Analysis, Digital Implementation, Signoff, Synthesis, Place and Route
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 39-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
129
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Median days since first seen
39 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$182k
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| Metric | Cadence Design Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (129 roles · 10 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 39 | 129 |
| Median days since first seen | 37 d | 39 d (+2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $182k |
Skills observed across this category: STA, Static Timing Analysis, Digital Implementation, Signoff, Synthesis, Place and Route
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys · 64 open roles · median 38 d
- Cadence Design Systems (this employer) · 39 open roles · median 37 d
- Keysight Technologies · 10 open roles · median 70 d
- Renesas Electronics · 7 open roles · median 92 d
- AMD · 3 open roles · median 7 d
- ASML · 2 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 129 open Applications FAE (EDA Tools) roles from 10 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.