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Cadence Design Systems · EDA Software · Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services · Equity · 9 days ago

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$186k – $345k per year

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In office (San Jose)

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Architect

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H-1B filings in 12 months: 368 · for this role: 109 · green card filings: 176

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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 22, 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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Backed by Sequoia Capital

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Virtual Protocol Solutions Architect

Streamline development of AVIP and Virtual Bridge to improve performance, software stack development and Qemu based device modeling.

Use AI methods to develop Debug flow for AVIP and Virtual Bridge Work with ixcom team to optimize GSFIFO technology for AVIP use cases

Work with customers to gather product requirments and help with acrchitecture of next generation AVIP protocol

The annual salary range for California is $185,500 to $344,500. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

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