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Principal Product Engineer(Serdes IP)
full-timeNanjing City

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Nanjing City

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full-time

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About this role

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

About Us

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. We apply our Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware, and IP that turn design concepts into reality. This strategy is supplemented by AI-augmented development practices throughout all our organizations to empower our team to focus on creative problem-solving and innovation. Our customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products—from chips to boards to systems—for dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial, and health. Join us and be part of a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and customer success.

Position Overview

We invite you to join a growing and innovative IP team dedicated to building best-in-class digital and mixed-signal IP solutions. You will work alongside seasoned professionals developing high-performance IP across protocols such as PCIe. In this role, you will be integral to the organization’s efforts to support post-silicon bring-up for customers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead bring‑up and debug of CDNS SerDes PHY IPs for customer silicon.
  • Perform detailed analysis of signal integrity, jitter, and BER performance.
  • Drive root‑cause investigations for silicon issues and propose corrective actions.
  • Use oscilloscopes, BERTs, protocol analyzers, and other lab equipment to measure CDNS PHY function and performance. Maintain CDNS Testchip bench locally to duplicate and debug the issues that external customers are dealing with.
  • Collaborate with FW teams to validate SerDes initialization sequences, support FW debugging related to SerDes bring‑up.
  • Working with global (US, west and east coast) teams in different time-zones.
  • Travel as needed to support post‑silicon bring‑up and customer engagements.
  • AI Incorporation: Leverage AI-powered tools and assistants to enhance productivity, improve decision making, and maintain high-quality customer deliverables. Apply AI-powered analytics tools to extract insights, identify patterns, and generate actionable recommendations from complex datasets. 

Skills & Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor’s in computer science or electrical engineering + 7 years of related experience, or Masters +5 years of related experience.
  • Very strong experience in silicon bring-up with lab equipment (Scope/Bert/PCIe exerciser/analyzer)
  • Very strong experience in PCIe protocol, PCIe LTSSM link stable analysis, PCI Compliance test.
  • Familiar with board design. Ability to read schematics and conduct SI/PI analysis and review for customer board implementation.
  • Strong communication and organizational skills.
  • Ability to prioritize cases, anticipate escalations
  • Experience on Ethernet or USB or DP or JESD will be plus.
  • Experience on Serdes components like Tx FFE, Rx CTLE& DFE& VGA&FFE will be plus.
  • Experience on DSP based Serdes receiver will be plus.
  • Experience on PLL algorithm will be plus.

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Tech stack
Silicon Bring-Up,Signal Integrity,Jitter Analysis,BER Performance,PCIe Protocol,Debugging,Lab Equipment,Board Design,Schematic Reading,SI/PI Analysis,Communication Skills,Organizational Skills,Ethernet,USB,DSP,PLL Algorithms

About Cadence Design Systems

Cadence is a market leader in AI and digital twins, pioneering the application of computational software to accelerate innovation in the engineering design of silicon to systems. Our design solutions, based on Cadence’s Intelligent System Design™ strategy, are essential for the world’s leading semiconductor and systems companies to build their next-generation products from chips to full electromechanical systems that serve a wide range of markets, including hyperscale computing, mobile communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial, life sciences and robotics. In 2024, Cadence was recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s top 100 best-managed companies. Cadence solutions offer limitless opportunities—learn more at www.cadence.com.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Software Development

What you'll do

  • Lead the bring-up and debug of CDNS SerDes PHY IPs for customer silicon while performing detailed analysis of signal integrity and related performance metrics. Collaborate with firmware teams to validate SerDes initialization sequences and support debugging efforts.

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As a Principal Product Engineer(Serdes IP) at Cadence Design Systems, you will: lead the bring-up and debug of CDNS SerDes PHY IPs for customer silicon while performing detailed analysis of signal integrity and related performance metrics. Collaborate with firmware teams to validate SerDes initialization sequences and support debugging efforts..

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