Lead Product Validation Engineer

Job description

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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: Lead Product Validation Engineer


Location: Cork/Cambridge


Reports to: Software Engineering Group Director



Job Overview:

As PV engineer, this person will be responsible for product validation [quality engineering]: developing and running of regression suites to verify the functionality and performance of JedAI.

JedAI is the Cadence Agentic AI platform.

The functionality to be tested covers all of agentic AI: LLM services, embeddings, workflows, and agents.

This person should have effective personality & communication skills to work within a geographically distributed group, and with cross functional groups [such as R&D and PE].

This person should be able to work independently, being able to collaborate remotely with team members.
Job Responsibilities:

+ Develop & execute the test plans for JedAI and AAI lib

+ Create new test cases to verify/validate new features/enhancements

+ Work with R&Ds to review product quality, provide assessment on quality gaps and create and integrate test cases to fill quality gaps

+ Work with PEs to integrate customer test cases as part of regression suite

+ Maintain regression tests for regular test cycles and report failures to R&D and management

+ Validate and close fixed tickets


Job Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.



+ 3-5 years of development + testing experience with:

- C/C+
+ - Scripting (Perl, Python, Shell)

- Debugging & Analysis

- Development / Test experience on Linux & Windows environment

+ Excellent communication and organization skills.





Additional Skills/Preferences:

+ The person should have excellent product validation skills


Additional Information:

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.




Travel: >10%





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Cadence plays a critical role in creating the technologies that modern life depends on.

We are a global electronic design automation company, providing software, hardware, and intellectual property to design advanced semiconductor chips that enable our customers create revolutionary products and experiences.


Thanks to the outstanding caliber of the Cadence team and the empowering culture that we have cultivated for over 25 years, Cadence continues to be recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.


 Our shared passion for solving the world’s toughest technical challenges, our dedication to pushing the limits of the industry, and our drive to do meaningful work differentiates the people of Cadence.



Cadence is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other protected class.



Cadence is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other protected class.

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