# Systems Solutions Architect

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. The Cadence SSG Central Applications Engineering team is seeking a Systems Solutions Architect and Technical Lead to define compute-centric solutions for Physical AI. In this role, your primary responsibility is to define SoC subsystems for AI applications using Cadence DSPs, CPUs, NPUs, and accelerators. You will analyze the requirements of Edge AI and Physical AI applications, and optimize subsystems for power, performance, area, and software flexibility. Additionally, you will define the SoC integration and software runtime requirements for these subsystems from the perspective of boot/control, runtime data flows, security, and safety. In this role, you will set the technical vision and architecture for the subsystems, partnering closely with hardware implementation, software engineering, and performance modeling teams. Leveraging Cadence’s Silicon Solutions Group (SSG) IP portfolio, you will implement Physical AI, Computer Vision, and Audio algorithms into deployed, real-world systems. Responsibilities Define and own the system architecture for new hardware subsystems (

- **Id**: 3788896
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cadence-design-systems-systems-solutions-architect>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **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**: 2026-11-05T22:57:11Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3854
- **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**: 108
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.759
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 60
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Salary

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

## Technologies

- **Computer Vision** — Optional: no
- **Edge AI** — Optional: no
- **Physical AI** — Optional: no
- **SystemC** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

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

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 368 · green card filings: 176; Filings 12m: 368; Filings prev 12m: 268; Green card filings 12m: 176

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 60
- **Reasons**: conf:7, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Pay

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

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