# Design Engineering Architect – Systems and Interfaces

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Design Engineering Architect - Systems and Interfaces San Jose Job Description: The SSG Central Applications Engineering team seeks an experienced SoC design engineer to enable the integration and deployment of Cadence IP in complex customer system designs. As a Design Engineering Architect, you will serve as a senior technical leader, enablingthe successful integration and adoption of Cadence interface IP in our customers’ SoCs. In this role, you will work closely with the SSG IP sales, marketing, development engineering, and customer support teams. You will contribute to product definition, develop technical content and examples, and drive complex pre-sales and post-sales engagements. The Cadence Silicon Solutions Group (SSG) develops and licenses IP for SoC and ASIC designs, including high-performance DSPs, CPUs, interface IP, DDR controllers, hardware accelerators, and subsystems. These technologies enable applications such as machine learning, edge AI, radar, audio, speech, and vision. Leading semiconductor companies use Cadence IP in billions of chips shipped annually

- **Id**: 3788897
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cadence-design-systems-design-engineering-architect-systems-and-interfaces>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States, Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T10:42:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3815
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: EDA Software, Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services

## Company

- **Id**: 4351
- **Name**: Cadence Design Systems
- **Domain**: cadence.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cadence>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 76
- **Open postings**: 109
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.761
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 60
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 185500
- **Max**: 344500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 344500

## Technologies

- **Edge AI** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: no
- **Verilog** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T05:18:19Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 368 · green card filings: 176; Filings 12m: 368

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 60
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 344500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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