Senior Principal Design Engineer in München

• Provide technical leadership for complex, high-visibility silicon programs from synthesis/netlist through physical implementation, signoff, and tapeout




• Develop and deploy advanced methodologies to achieve aggressive power, performance, and area objectives




• Work with the PSG engineering team to understand design implementation challenges and develop practical solutions




• Collaborate with Cadence R&D to identify product gaps, influence tool development, and drive enhancements for advanced silicon designs




• Drive technical innovation across physical design, timing, power, signal integrity, physical verification, and signoff with the PSG European team




• Evaluate and introduce Cadence technologies, methodologies, and IP into customer design flows




• Lead technical investigations into silicon failures, performance limitations, convergence challenges, and methodology issues




• Establish reusable methodologies and best practices across customers and technology nodes




• Mentor and develop implementation engineers as a technical authority within the PSG EMEA organisation




• Represent Cadence as a technical thought leader with strategic customers, partners, and the semiconductor ecosystem




• Present technical results and innovations to senior leadership, customers, industry forums, and engineering communities




• Assist with pre-sales support information and effort estimation alongside the Design Engineering Director and Sales team




• Work across advanced-node digital implementation, RTL-to-GDSII flows, physical design and optimisation, timing closure and signoff, power optimisation and analysis, signal integrity and electromigration, SoC integration, IP integration, DTCO, advanced packaging, and automation/methodology development including AI acceleration

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline




• 15+ years of relevant semiconductor engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated technical achievement




• Proven tape-out experience on advanced process nodes




• Experience with leading-edge CPUs, GPUs, AI/ML accelerators, networking devices, or other high-performance SoCs




• Extensive experience developing and delivering complex semiconductor products




• Deep expertise in one or more areas of the semiconductor implementation flow, with broad understanding of the complete SoC development lifecycle




• Experience with advanced process technologies and complex physical implementation challenges




• Ability to diagnose and solve problems across traditional functional boundaries




• Experience working directly with semiconductor customers, foundries, or technology partners




• Excellent technical communication and presentation skills




• Ability to influence technical direction without relying solely on organisational authority




• Technical team leadership experience essential




• Excellent oral and written English essential




• Self-motivated with excellent planning, interpersonal, and communication skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in semiconductor engineering, with a focus on advanced process technologies, physical design, and SoC integration. Proven ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and influence design methodologies while effectively communicating complex technical concepts.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Silicon Program Leadership




• Advanced Process Technologies




• Tape-Out Experience




• Technical Team Leadership




• SoC Development Lifecycle

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Physical Design




• Timing Closure




• Power Optimisation




• Signal Integrity




• Electromigration




• RTL-to-GDSII Flows




• AI/ML Accelerators




• Complex Semiconductor Products




• Methodology Development




• DTCO

Soft Skills

• Technical Communication




• Interpersonal Skills




• Self-Motivated




• Planning Skills
  
• Presentation Skills

Industry Keywords

• Semiconductor Engineering




• High-Performance SoCs




• Advanced-Node Digital Implementation




• Physical Verification




• Customer Engagement

Tools & Technologies

• Cadence Technologies




• Cadence R&D Tools




• Automation Tools




• Design Flows




• Customer Design Flows