Principal System Control Plane Design Engineer

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Hardware emulator is a complex embedded system used by many SoC, software and system design companies to validate their multi-billion designs prior to, during and after the chip released to fabrication. Since the emulation platform is used by many engineers for time sensitive work, it must be available 24-x7 to support the development.

Cadence is the leader in hardware emulation and prototyping technology. System Engineering (SE) team is looking for a system control plane design engineer to help develop the next generation products and also to enhance existing platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with hw/sw/system architects to design and implement the next generation platform using PCIe/IB/RoCE/Ethernet technology.
• Define system control SW and HW, boot sequence and time allocation in each of the major steps.
• Model and analyze the various system faults and recovery time and their impacts on system RAS.
• Define and develop any necessary control plane monitoring tools.
• Define and drive integration tests to confirm the robustness in the control plane implementation.
• Transfer design, tools and test knowledge to manufacturing and field installation teams.  Review, replicate, and respond to customer issues. Perform analysis of logs from customer runs. Debug and isolate system-level issues down to various subsystems.

Requirements

• Must have in-depth large system control plane architecture development and understanding.
• Must have strong and hands on experience with one or more PCIe/IB/RoCE/Ethernet HW and/or SW development experience including troubleshooting and resolving HW/SW system issues in the lab.
• Must have architecture and design experience with global clocking/synchronization, Ethernet, memory, multi-processor, optical network PMA/PCS, PCIe, AC/DC power distribution, medium to large scale resilience software development.
• Fluent in Linux serve system architecture and deployment, and scalability in data-center-level is a plus
• Experience with defining system RAS specification and test plans.
• Experience in performance, fault, recovery analysis and debugging issues for large scale system.

The annual salary range for California is $131,600 to $244,400. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

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