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Sr Principal Software Engineer, Innovus — Physical Synthesis & Optimization

CadenceSan Jose, CA

$161,000–299,000/yr

Posted Sep 30, 2026

What you’d do

Design and develop next-generation physical synthesis and optimization engines in Innovus, solving computational problems using graph and spatial algorithms, high-performance C++, parallel computing, and large-scale numerical optimization at semiconductor scale. Full time. Found on the employer's careers page on Oct 18, 2026. Apply through the link.

You’ll need

  • EDA tool development experience
  • Physical synthesis, placement, STA, routing, or timing closure knowledge
  • High-performance C++
  • Parallel and distributed computing
  • Graph and spatial algorithms

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