Product Engineering Group Director

**At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are seeking an experienced Digital Implementation & Signoff Customer Engagement Group Director to manage and execute complex customer engagements across physical implementation, signoff, and verification flows. This role provides deep technical expertise, drives advanced-node enablement, supports PPA realization, and partners closely with R&D, field application engineers, customers, and foundries to deliver scalable digital implementation solutions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key Responsibilities -------------------- * Manage and execute Digital Implementation & Signoff customer engagements from technical discovery through deployment. * Provide expert-level guidance in physical implementation, signoff, verification flows, design closure, and timing/power analysis. * Lead new process technology platform enablement and support customer success across advanced-node designs. * Drive PPA realization through benchmarking, methodology development, flow optimization, and issue resolution. * Run expert-level benchmarks and solve complex customer problems involving implementation, signoff, and verification challenges. * Test, document, and deploy Digital Implementation solutions, methodologies, and best practices. * Partner with R&D, field application engineers, customers, and foundries to identify product requirements, define enhancements, and develop flows and features that address customer challenges. * Provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and manage a group supporting customer-facing technical execution. Qualifications -------------- * Strong technical expertise in digital physical implementation, signoff, verification, and backend design flows. * Experience with PPA optimization, advanced process technology enablement, benchmarking, and customer deployment. * Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. * Strong communication, presentation, documentation, and customer-facing skills. * Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership and manage or mentor a team. * Ability to collaborate effectively with R&D, field application engineering, customers, and foundry partners. Work Location and Travel ------------------------ Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States and internationally. **We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.** -------------------------------------------------------------------