Cadence Design Systems
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Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services
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How Cadence Design Systems hires
Truth index
B 80/100
Median time to fill
47 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
81%
Reposted roles
0%
Cadence Design Systems scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 101 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 81% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 47 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 368 · green card filings: 176
- Canada · Positions approved through LMIA in 12 months: 1
- United Kingdom · Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker)
Overview
Cadence Design Systems is an American software company founded in 1988 that supplies the electronic design automation tools engineers use to design and verify integrated circuits. Its products cover digital synthesis and place-and-route, custom and analogue design, circuit simulation with the Spectre and Virtuoso families, functional verification, and increasingly system-level analysis for packaging, thermal behaviour and computational fluid dynamics. Headquartered in San Jose and listed on Nasdaq, it also licenses design intellectual property such as processor and interface blocks, and competes primarily with Synopsys and Siemens EDA.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Cadence Design Systems over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
265
Postings analysed
445
Stack modernity
81/100AI adopter
Languages
Python51%
C++33%
Verilog22%
Perl21%
Frameworks & libraries
UVM14%
LangChain3%
PyTorch2%
PyTorch C++2%
Databases
Oracle<1%
PostgreSQL<1%
Azure SQL Database<1%
Cassandra<1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux25%
Unix15%
Windows7%
Azure4%
AI & ML
LLM6%
Claude3%
ChatGPT1%
Gemini1%
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Full Cadence Design Systems tech stack
265 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$254k
Typical range
$97k – $390k
Open positions
124
115
Jobs
Intern
4.3%
Junior
0.9%
Middle
7%
Senior
21.7%
Staff
18.3%
Principal
26.1%
Architect
21.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 5 | $106k | $106k – $138k |
| Junior | 1 | $165k | $165k |
| Middle | 8 | $192k | $104k – $213k |
| Senior | 25 | $254k | $156k – $390k |
| Staff | 21 | $213k | $118k – $369k |
| Principal | 30 | $286k | $200k – $390k |
| Architect | 25 | $332k | $208k – $390k |
Highest paying role
Application Engineer, RTL2GDS Sr Director
$390k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Cadence Design Systems
By role, level and city, against the market · 124 jobs with pay
Products
Design IP
Licensable interface, memory and processor blocks integrated into customer chips. The catalogue covers standards such as PCIe, DDR and Ethernet.
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Palladium Emulation
Hardware emulation and prototyping systems that run full chip designs before silicon exists. They are used for firmware bring-up and system validation.
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Innovus and Genus
Digital synthesis and place-and-route tools for large logic designs. They generate the physical implementation from register transfer level descriptions.
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Spectre Simulation
A circuit simulator used to verify analogue and mixed-signal behaviour before fabrication. It is tightly coupled to the custom design environment.
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Virtuoso
The custom and analogue design environment used for schematic capture and layout. It has been the industry standard for analogue design for decades.
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People
Anirudh Devgan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Anirudh Devgan became chief executive in 2021 after leading the digital and signoff group. He has pushed the company toward machine learning driven design optimisation.
John Wall
Chief Financial Officer
John Wall has led finance since 2017 and oversees the recurring revenue reporting. He joined the company through the acquisition of a verification business.
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
76/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
448
108 opened / 94 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
51 days
faster than 27% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~8 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
24%
Hardware
19% ▼
Industrial Engineering
18% ▲
Sales
6%
Early Careers
5%
Finance
4% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+40 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Mont-Saint-Guibert
Oct 2026
New location: Spain
Oct 2026
Added OneDrive to stack
Oct 2026
Added TestNG to stack
Oct 2026
Added Self-Healing to stack
Oct 2026
Added Rest-Assured to stack
Oct 2026
Added Maven to stack
Oct 2026
Added JMeter to stack
Oct 2026
Added PoC Library to stack
Oct 2026
Added ONNX to stack
Oct 2026
Added Apache TVM to stack
Oct 2026
Added Physical AI to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
45
Hiring now
45
Countries
22
Busiest office
San Jose
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San Jose
United States
HQ
SAN JOSE 05
100 open roles 96 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $257k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Shanghai
China
Regional office
SHANGHAI 07
74 open roles 62 posted in 90 days 47% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Hardware
Bengaluru
India
Regional office
AHMEDABAD 02
44 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 61% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Noida
India
Regional office
BANGALORE 09
36 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 69% engineering 200-500 est. staff $293k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Hardware, DevOps
Beijing
China
Regional office
SHANGHAI 07
22 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 59% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Industrial Engineering, Hardware
Belo Horizonte
Brazil
Engineering / R&D
BELO HORIZONTE 02
21 open roles 30 posted in 90 days 86% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Hardware, Finance
Austin
United States
Regional office
AUSTIN 03
20 open roles 23 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 200-500 est. staff $277k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Hsinchu
Taiwan
Regional office
HSINCHU 05
14 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 64% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Hardware, Management
Pune
India
Regional office
BANGALORE 05
14 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Hardware
Seoul
South Korea
Engineering / R&D
GYEONGGI-DO 03 (SEOUL)
13 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 92% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Cork
Ireland
Regional office
CORK 01
13 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 69% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Backend, Early Careers
Zhubei
Taiwan
Engineering / R&D
ZHUBEI 01
10 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Hardware, Management
Burlington
United States
Regional office
BURLINGTON 01
9 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 50-200 est. staff $204k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Industrial Engineering, Legal
Nanjing
China
Regional office
Nanjing
9 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Montreal
Canada
Plant / site
MOUNT-ROYAL 01 (MONTREAL)
8 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 63% engineering 50-200 est. staff $123k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Yokohama
Japan
Corporate office
YOKOHAMA 02
7 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance, Legal, Industrial Engineering
Cary
United States
Regional office
CARY 02
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 50-200 est. staff $209k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Management
Livonia
United States
Regional office
LIVONIA 01
6 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff $146k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Industrial Engineering, AI/ML
Dublin
Ireland
Corporate office
DUBLIN 02
5 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance, Hardware, Networking
Petah Tikva
Israel
Regional office
PETAH TIKVA 01
5 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Marketing
Hyderabad
India
Regional office
BANGALORE 05
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
NOTTINGHAM 01
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Sales
Munich
Germany
Plant / site
FELDKIRCHEN 01 (MUNICH)
4 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Operations
Burnaby
Canada
Engineering / R&D
BURNABY 01
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
Shenzhen
China
Regional office
SHENZHEN 04
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Sales, Industrial Engineering
Tokyo
Japan
TOKYO 05
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Industrial Engineering
Guadalajara
Mexico
GUADALAJARA 01
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for QA, Industrial Engineering
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY 02
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware
Irvine
United States
IRVINE 04
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Backend
George Town
Malaysia
PENANG 02
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Katowice
Poland
KATOWICE 01
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware
Paris
France
VELIZY 01 (PARIS)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Milan
Italy
MILAN 01
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Boston
United States
BOSTON 01
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $208k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Singapore
Singapore
HOME SINGAPORE
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Brussels
Belgium
BRUSSELS 01
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware
Toulouse
France
HOME FRANCE
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Newcastle
United Kingdom
NEWCASTLE 01
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
Mont-Saint-Guibert
Belgium
MONT-SAINT GUIBERT 01
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
Adelaide
Australia
ADELAIDE 01
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management
Nagoya
Japan
NAGOYA 02
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Seattle
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $286k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Toronto
Canada
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $286k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Ahmedabad
India
BANGALORE 05
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
Helsinki
Finland
HELSINKI 03
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
Earlier presence
Valbonne, France
Hamburg, Germany
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Bracknell, United Kingdom
Meylan, France
Santa Fe, United States
Galway, Ireland
Providence, United States
Jobs
≈ $118k – $267k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Cary
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≈ $34k – $79k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Beijing • Shanghai
Python
Verilog
Perl
TCL Scripting
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$62k – $114k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • San Jose
Python
Unix
Chips/EDA
KiCad
Cadence Allegro
Cadence Sigrity
Eagle
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≈ $38k – $88k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
Linux
Analytics
Power BI
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≈ $43k – $128k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
C
C#
C++
Assembly
Valgrind
C#
Avalonia
C++
Qt
Assembly
WinDbg
AI/ML
Copilot
Cursor
Mobile
MVVM
Dependency Injection
DevOps
Linux
Windows
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≈ $52k – $92k per year (Estimated) • Remote (France) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Master's Degree • France
Python
Verilog
C++
VHDL
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≈ $44k – $130k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
Python
C++
Copilot
Cursor
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≈ $43k – $127k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
C
C++
Assembly
Valgrind
C++
OpenGL
DirectX
Assembly
WinDbg
DevOps
Linux
Windows
Game Dev
RenderDoc
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≈ $44k – $131k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
Python
C++
Copilot
Cursor
Design
SolidWorks
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≈ $43k – $128k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
C
C#
C++
Assembly
Valgrind
C#
Avalonia
C++
Qt
Assembly
WinDbg
AI/ML
Copilot
Cursor
Mobile
MVVM
Dependency Injection
DevOps
Linux
Windows
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≈ $43k – $128k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
Python
C
C++
Assembly
Valgrind
Assembly
WinDbg
AI/ML
Copilot
Cursor
DevOps
Linux
Windows
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≈ $42k – $125k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
Python
C++
OpenGL
Qt
AI/ML
Copilot
Cursor
DevOps
Linux
Windows
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Financials
Est. Annual Revenue
$5.3B
2025
Revenue
+14% YoY
Estimate
Modelled from public signals, not audited accounts - read it as an order of magnitude.
| Year | Estimate | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.8B |
| 2017 | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.9B |
| 2018 | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.1B |
| 2019 | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.3B |
| 2020 | $2.7B | $2.7B | $2.7B |
| 2021 | $3B | $3B | $3B |
| 2022 | $3.6B | $3.6B | $3.6B |
| 2023 | $4.1B | $4.1B | $4.1B |
| 2024 | $4.6B | $4.6B | $4.6B |
| 2025 | $5.3B | $5.3B | $5.3B |