Principal Applied Ml Engineer

Cadence Design Systems

Base: $136,500 to $253,500 (california); bonus/equ...
7+ years software engineering experience
Production-quality system development
Large language model deployment expertise
The role focuses on building reliable, scalable agentic systems that operate within complex engineering workflows to enhance productivity across the semiconductor design lifecycle

Job Summary

  • The role focuses on building reliable, scalable agentic systems that operate within complex engineering workflows to enhance productivity across the semiconductor design lifecycle.
  • Candidates will contribute to the world's first agentic AI platform designed to autonomously design and verify chips with up to 10× productivity gains.
  • The company offers a competitive salary range of $136,500 to $253,500 for California, along with bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits including 401(k) matching.

Matching Summary

The role focuses on building reliable, scalable agentic systems that operate within complex engineering workflows to enhance productivity across the semiconductor design lifecycle.

Salary

Base: $136,500 to $253,500 (California); Bonus/Equity: Eligible for incentive compensation; Benefits: Paid vacation, 401(k) match, medical/dental/vision

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 7+ years software engineering experience
  • Production-quality system development
  • Large language model deployment expertise
  • AI agent evaluation framework design
  • Distributed systems debugging and testing

Nice-to-have

  • Agent architecture with reason-act loops
  • RAG pipelines and embedding strategies
  • Interest in semiconductor EDA workflows
  • Experience with frontier LLM trade-offs
  • High-performance computing environments

Key Requirements

  • BS degree with 7+ years experience OR MS with 5+ years OR PhD with 1+ year
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals in distributed systems
  • Practical experience deploying LLMs in production environments

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