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Lead Application Engineer (Defense) (AE3)

Cadence Design Systems • English • EDA Software • Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services • Travel required • Bachelor's Degree • 6 days ago
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≈ $48k – $123k per year (Estimated)
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In office (Nagoya)
Seniority
Staff · 5+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026. Cadence Design Systems scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Cadence Design Systems

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.
cadence.com • HQ: San Jose, United States • Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services • EDA Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1988
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At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Role Summary

You will be responsible for proposing software solutions - including structural analysis, fluid analysis, mechanism (multibody) analysis, and the management of the associated simulation data - to customers engaged in the development of defense equipment such as aircraft, missiles, and ships. In order to propose these Cadence CAE solutions to customers, you will coordinate with the sales and technical members within the company. Success in this role requires smooth and effective communication.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide technical proposals in support of sales activities for the various CAE software products of Cadence.
  • Understand customer needs and, based on those needs, propose Cadence products and related consulting services.
  • Coordinate with the domestic technical team and external partners who carry out the actual technical work, and ensure that customer requirements are accurately conveyed to and reflected by them.
  • Report and coordinate development requests, defects, and other issues with the software development departments, which are located mainly overseas.

Skills & Attributes

  • Foundational knowledge of linear and nonlinear finite element structural analysis and over 5 years of experience are required.
  • Experience with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is desirable.
  • Organized, self-motivated, and comfortable working across multiple services and pre-sales engagements.
  • Able to report, communicate, and consult with internal and external parties at the appropriate times.
  • Must be able to travel for business by train or other means. Must be able to undertake business trips requiring overnight stays. Must be able to travel overseas for business.
  • Written communication skills in English are required. Verbal communication skills in English are desirable.

Education & Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering is required. Master's degree in mechanical engineering is desirable.

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