Intern - HW Application Engineer

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

As a member of the Field Applications Engineering (AE) team, you will collaborate with leading semiconductors and system companies to deploy Cadence’s industry-leading Palladium acceleration/emulation platform and FPGA prototyping systems.

This customer-facing role includes both pre-sales and post-sales responsibilities. You will work closely with account teams to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges, while also partnering with R&D to ensure successful deployment and support.

Key Responsibilities

• Build technical credibility and strong relationships with customers; serve as their primary technical contact.
• Provide deep technical support in collaboration with R&D to enable advanced acceleration/emulation flows and secure design wins.
• Advocate on customer needs and collaborate with R&D and Marketing to develop competitive, creative technical solutions.
• Analyze the competitive landscape and continuously work to differentiate Cadence’s offerings.

Requirements:

• Student position with Availability for 2-3 days a week (or more)
• Electrical engineer student with 1-2 semesters left.
• Experience developing verification environments using SystemVerilog (advantage).
• Familiarity with eRM, OVM, or UVM methodologies (advantage).
• Knowledge of protocols such as JTAG, UART, PCIe, AXI, DDR (advantage).
• Experience in hardware acceleration, in-circuit emulation, or FPGA prototyping (highly desirable).
• Strong English communication skills—both verbal and written.
• Team-oriented mindset, mature work attitude, and sound judgment under pressure.

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