Lead Education Application Engineer (RF/Microwave)

Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Job Summary: As part of the Cadence Customer Education Team, you will create and deploy customer training across various platforms for Cadence's state-of-the-art tools, languages, and methodologies. The training content you develop will be used globally for classroom, online, and virtual delivery. Job responsibilities: Work with Cadence product engineers, R&D, application engineers, product marketing, and our in-house instructional design team to create training materials that are focused, relevant, and highlight the product’s latest features and methodologies. Develop and update course lectures, labs, and related collateral to enable our customers to become highly productive with Cadence tools in the shortest possible time. Create narrated online videos and demos, providing customers with snippets on Cadence tools, languages, and methodologies Experience and Technical Skills required Excellent written and verbal English communication skills . Engineering Degree with a background in analog/RF/microwave design. RFIC and package design is a plus. Well-versed with the complete front-back analog IC design flow. Knows design, layout constraints, extraction, and packaging constraints. Knowledge of EMI in analog/RF and has possibly run EM simulations. Has worked within the Cadence Virtuoso environment and used the Spectre Circuit simulator. Used Cadence Microwave Office (AWR) and associated tools. Used or has knowledge of Cadence EMX/EMXDesigner tools. Is proficient with MS PowerPoint and MS Word. Enjoys a mixture of activities – authoring content, learning new tools and methodologies, “being the expert,” teaching and interacting with customers, and working with highly competent and experienced engineers Process-oriented, quick to learn, and can multi-task efficiently. Given clear goals, can work independently to accomplish such goals The ideal candidate: Has strong written and verbal English communication skills. Enjoys various activities – authoring content, learning new tools and methodologies, “being the expert,” teaching and interacting with customers, and working with highly competent and experienced engineers. Given clear goals, can work independently to accomplish such goals. Is aware of analog/mixed-signal design, simulation, layout, and verification flows/methodologies. Extensive IC layout experience in analog/mixed ‑ signal domains , covering designs from simple to highly complex (AA), with thorough handling of all corner cases (PVT variations and mismatch). Demonstrated ability to deliver robust layouts that meet stringent performance and reliability targets. Strong knowledge of the complete physical design and sign-off flow , including layout verification (DRC/LVS), parasitic RC extraction (PEX), post-layout simulation, EM/IR (EMIR) analysis, reliability checks (ESD, LUP), and seamless integration through tape‑out. Has working knowledge of Cadence design tools such as Virtuoso, Pegasus, PVS, Quantus, and the SKILL IDE. A plus is having CAD experience and having worked on PDK development/PDK Cockpit Should have a Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with a minimum 4-6 years of related working experience. Be proud and passionate about the work you do. Together, our One Cadence -- One Team culture drives our success. We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.