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Principal Product Engineer - Virtual Protocols

SAN JOSE💼 Full-time💰 $136,500–$136,500🗓 2026-05-12 → 2026-07-30

Core

Expert in System Level Software Driven Verification using advanced protocol engines to enable shift-left pre-silicon verification and validation for advanced SoC designs.

Role type

Principal Product Engineer (System Verification & Emulation)

Builds

Transaction Based Acceleration and Virtual Emulation-based System Verification products

Domain

Semiconductor / SoC Design / Hardware Emulation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, USB, AMBA protocol expertise; UVM SystemVerilog / Virtual Prototyping SystemC / Portable Stimulus; C/C++ development; Linux Kernel/Driver Development; SoC design and verification; Hardware emulation; HDL (SystemVerilog, VHDL); Scripting (shell, python, perl); Compiler tools (make, gcc/g++)

Preferred skills

SoC design and verification experience; Hardware emulation experience

Technologies

Palladium, Protium, VirtualBridge, SystemVerilog, C++, Linux, PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, USB, AMBA, UVM, SystemC, Portable Stimulus

Responsibilities

Partner with R&D to define product features and capture customer feedback; Demonstrate product performance, debugging, and functionality to field and marketing teams; Guide customers on best use of Cadence technologies; Develop and deliver feature-based training for new products; Deploy new protocol products to innovative customers; Support customers utilizing Accelerated Verification IPs and advanced APIs

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship

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