Principal Design Engineer

The Tensilica IP division of Cadence is looking for a system software engineer to join our world-class software development team. This position involves working on software development and debug tools, low level system libraries, and third party / open source software ports. Collaboration with other teams to create new products and resolve customer issues is required.

Responsibilities:

* Design, develop and maintain software in some or all of the following areas:

* Open source based gcc/llvm toolchains

* C and C++ standard libraries

* low level system software and libraries

* Assist in testing and verification of new hardware features

* Work with customer engineering, hardware engineering and other teams to analyze and resolve complex issues

* Create and maintain internal and user documentation

Requirements:

* MS degree in CS/EE. Outstanding candidates with BS degrees will also be considered.

* 4+ years of experience in a related field. Some exposure to hardware development is preferred.

* Strong C/C++ and assembly skills. Must be comfortable reading disassembly and correlating with source code.

* Experience building/porting/maintaining open source tools, especially embedded gcc/llvm toolchains, is highly desirable.

* Experience with embedded software development.

* Good understanding of processor architecture and associated hardware concepts.

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Here you are. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.