Principal Product Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health. At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Job Title: Principal Product Engineer – Stratus HLS Solutions Location: Cork, Ireland Reports to: Engineering Group Director, Stratus HLS Job Overview: Cadence is seeking a Principal Product Engineer to join the Stratus High Level Synthesis (HLS) Solutions Engineering team in Cork and serve as a critical bridge between customers, field teams, and the product engineering organization. In this role, you will own customer evaluations and production adoption engagements end-to-end, translate real-world design challenges into actionable product requirement specifications, and partner closely with R&D to ensure requirements are development-ready before software development begins. This role is central to advancing Stratus HLS and supporting the adoption of AI-enabled, high-level synthesis methodologies across digital design.

Drive new customer evaluations of the Cadence Stratus HLS solution from initial scoping through successful production sign-off, partnering with field application engineers and sales teams throughout the engagement. Resolve complex technical design issues for existing HLS customers, delivering solutions that unblock projects and strengthen long-term platform adoption. Provide hands-on training on HLS methodology and tool features to new and existing users, improving customer competency and self-sufficiency. Identify emerging customer use cases and research new HLS capabilities that would accelerate adoption of next-generation design methodologies, including AI-assisted flows. Author product requirement specifications that translate customer and field observations into precise, actionable requirements suitable for software development planning. Contribute to, review, and refine functional specifications in close collaboration with product management and R&D, ensuring every specification is development-ready before implementation begins. Define feature requirements that advance the Stratus HLS tool flow and design methodology, grounding recommendations in documented customer evidence. Manage and grow relationships with internal partners across product management, R&D, field application engineering, and solutions teams to align roadmap priorities with delivery outcomes. Represent the voice of the customer in internal roadmap and planning discussions, providing qualitative and quantitative evidence to prioritize high-impact investments. Deliver evidence-based feedback from customer evaluations and field engagements to improve product quality and reduce production risk. Job Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline required. Master’s degree in a related field strongly preferred. 5+ years of combined experience in hardware design, EDA applications engineering, product engineering, or a closely related field. Strong background in digital hardware design targeting ASIC or FPGA, including hands-on RTL design experience. Working proficiency in C++, with the ability to read, evaluate, and discuss technical design trade-offs at implementation level. Experience using hardware design and EDA tools in a Linux environment, including scripted flows