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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: Sr Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Cork, Ireland

Reports to: Software Architect

Job Overview:

The Cadence Compute Systems Group (CSG) develops and licenses IP for system designs. This includes CPUs and high-performance DSPs, DDR and IO controllers, hardware accelerators, and subsystems. Our IP designs are used by most of the top semiconductor vendors today, and our customers are shipping billions of chips annually using our components.

The CSG Central Applications Engineering team seeks an experienced, motivated, senior software engineer to join a new software team for CSG systems. You will join a team implementing reference systems for Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Radar, Automotive, and other high- performance applications.

This is a technically rewarding role with high visibility within the organization. The team is responsible for supporting customers of CSG subsystems. The group will also develop software and applications for reference systems and product demonstrations, highlighting the capability of CSG subsystems and components.

In this role, you will work with compute and interface IP, device drivers and RTOS, communication libraries and APIs, reference designs, boards, and emulation systems. This position requires technical expertise in developing complex software for embedded, real-time, and multiprocessor systems. You will work closely with Cadence R&D engineering, marketing, partners, and customers.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and test embedded software and reference applications for physical AI applications.
Collaborate with software and RTL verification engineers and systems architects.
Port and integrate software components and create development SDK for partners and customers.
Develop device drivers for Linux and RTOS.
Coordinate with partners to integrate 3rd-party components and applications.
Automate tasks and improve existing build and test infrastructure.

Job Qualifications:

Degree Qualification in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent with 4 years experience.
Expert C & Python coder.
Hands-on experience writing, debugging and testing Linux and RTOS drivers.
Hands-on experience in building and modifying embedded Linux distributions.
Ability to negotiate requirements and translate them into design and implementation.
Experience in porting, linking and debugging embedded software and drivers.
Hands-on experience writing low-level software for embedded processors, e.g. Arm.

Check what we can offer you:

Competitive salary
25 days holiday per year
Private Medical and Dental plans, Income Protection and Life Insurance
Group Personal Pension Plan
Cycle to work scheme and gym subsidy
5 days paid time to volunteer to give back to our communities
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The opportunity to work for a Great Place to Work© & Fortune 100 organization

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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Sr Embedded Software engineer

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