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Sr Principal HW Design Engineer-Emulation Acceleration System Platform

CadenceSan Jose, CA

$178,500–331,500/yr

Posted Oct 7, 2026

What you’d do

Lead architecture, design, bring-up and sustainment of a hardware system platform, set hardware engineering standards, lead design reviews, and guide junior engineers. Full time in San Jose. Found on the employer's careers page on Oct 18, 2026. Apply through the link.

You’ll need

  • Bachelor's in electrical engineering
  • 12+ years experience with BS, 10+ with MS, 8+ with PhD
  • 10+ years developing board-level hardware and systems
  • Experience leading and mentoring junior HW engineers
  • Electrical engineering standards and compliance knowledge

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