Senior Software Engineer-Computational Geometry

About Siemens EDA

Siemens EDA is a global technology leader in Electronic Design Automation software. Our software tools enable companies around the world to develop highly innovative electronic products faster and more cost-effectively. Our customers use our tools to push the boundaries of technology and physics to deliver better products in the increasingly complex world of chip, board, and system design.

Role

We are looking for a senior software engineer with a degree in Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering to join the Calibre product software development team. Calibre’s high-capacity and high-performance tools are key to our customers’ success in building integrated circuits (ICs) for the semiconductor industry.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support high-capacity and high-performance software for IC verification.
• Address challenges including computational geometry, high-performance data-structures, multi-threading, and multi-platform support.
• Contribute to new components and algorithms and support existing components as part of a group of senior software engineers and architects.
• Collaborate with product management, quality assurance, technical publications, and customer support to deliver high-quality products on schedule.
• Participate in scheduling and estimation of tasks, and assist in defining and developing software development best practices.
• Demonstrate self-motivation, the desire to take technical ownership, a results‑driven positive attitude and team‑orientation.

Job Qualifications

Successful candidates will possess the following combination of education and/or experience:

• BS/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• Strong analysis, design and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of high-performance data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
• 10-15 years of experience in software development in C and C++ in Linux
• Experience enhancing mission-critical complex high-performance code base

Desired Knowledge

Knowledge in the following areas is desired:

• VLSI design principles
• Techniques for processing high-volume data
• Graph theory and algorithms and knowledge of computational geometry
• Multi-threaded, multi-processor and distributed computing
• Firm belief in the tenets of developing high quality, testable and maintainable software.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and attention to detail.