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Lead Design Engineer

Cadence
Chinafull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Dec 2025

About the role

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Job Title: Lead Design Engineer - SOC Design

Location: Shanghai

Job Responsibilities:

Looking for an experienced SOC (System-on-Chip) Design engineer with hands-on experience with experience in any protocol like AMBA, PCIe, USB, MIPI or DDR/LPDDR. ARM/RISC-V Processor integration experience preferred. Good understanding of clocking, reset, asynchronous domain crossing concepts, bus architecture planning and optimization, Low power design concepts preferred

Collaborate with verification teams to ensure design intent, testability, and coverage; address complex debug issues.

Work closely with customer and internal engineering teams to deliver seamless service and support.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field with 3+ years experience in digital SOC design

Expertise in SOC or IP design, SOC integration, RTL coding, synthesis and basic understanding of timing constraints

Experience in front end design checks like LINT, CDC, RDC, UPF and constraint checks / validation

Good Communication in English

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