Product Engineer II – System Verification and Emulation

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

Cadence Design Systems Inc. is looking for a motivated Product Engineer II – System Verification and Emulation to work with us in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

As a Product Engineer II – System Verification and Emulation, you will play a key role in advancing verification methodologies using Hardware Emulation. You will work independently across multiple internal teams and directly with customers to drive Palladium adoption, optimize verification flows, and influence product direction. The objective is to increase customer productivity by enabling scalable, robust, and innovative verification solutions using cutting‑edge emulation technologies.

Cadence has been nominated as a Great Place to Work globally and in Brazil and is also a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For.

Job Description:

• Enable deployment of hardware emulation and verification technologies in customer flows to support product adoption and customer success
• Analyze customer verification use cases and workflows to identify opportunities for improved usage, performance, and productivity in Hardware assisted verification
• Execute targeted experiments, validation, and testing to demonstrate new features, capabilities, and supported use cases
• Develop and maintain technical collateral, examples, and reference flows to support internal teams and customer engagements
• Collaborate with R&D, field, and support teams to reproduce, analyze, and resolve customer‑reported issues
• Contribute hands‑on to modeling, testing, and validation activities to ensure product specifications meet real‑world requirements

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 2 years of relevant industry experience in system verification, hardware-assisted verification, emulation, or related domains
• Strong understanding of digital logic design and hands-on experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Programming experience in C/C++ and Python,
• Practical experience with RTL simulation-based verification and hardware emulation and/or rapid prototyping platforms
• Working knowledge of Linux-based development environments and common EDA workflows
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to collaborate across multiple teams

Nice to Have:

• Course or project work with FPGA based designs and verification

Additional Job Details:

• Employment category: CLT
• Employment term: 40 hours/week.
• Competitive benefits.
• Location: Av Contorno 5800, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil.

Cadence is the only company that provides the expertise and tools, IP, and hardware required for the entire electronics design chain, from chip design to chip packaging to boards and to systems. We enable electronic systems and semiconductor companies to create innovative products that transform the way people live, work, and play. Our products are used in mobile, consumer, cloud datacenter, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial and other market segments.

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