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In this customer facing role you will provide the front-line design services, technical sales and customer support to the most advanced Cadence customers and will work with the Cadence account teams to come up with innovative solutions to address our customers’ most challenging technical problems. This is an entry level rotational position for STEM bachelor level graduates who have limited experience but a strong desire to learn and be a part of the electronic technologies of tomorrow.\nAt Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.\nThe person in this full time regular entry level position will start in a cohort based, one year program that will include new colleges graduates from across North America and consist of two six month rotations with detailed, hands-on training in applications used for Digital Design/Simulation, Physical Design, Analog Design/Layout, Package Design, Systems Design, Advanced Verification/Emulation. This program is only for students graduating with a Bachelor’s degree only. The opportunity to learn from the technical experts, sales and application engineers who provide the design services, technical sales and customer support to the most advanced Cadence customers will be included in this one year program.\nAfter the cohort program has been successfully completed, the person in this role will be assigned full time regular responsibilities in a CST business group based on the person’s interests and company needs.\nThis cohort-based program will offer experience in the following areas:\nFundamentals in design, verification, HDLs, synthesis and timing\nEmbedded software development and HW/SW codesign and co-verification\nUNIX , C/C++, and scripting languages such as Perl, TCL, Python\nDigital physical design and implementation\nSign-off for timing, IR drop, power analysis, SI analysis\nCustom and analog design\nOpportunity to network and participate in fun activities and recent college grad community at Cadence.\nCadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. 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