Application Engineer – JedAI/Pulse Installation & Enablement

About This Role

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

We are seeking an Application Engineer to support installation, configuration, and customer enablement of Cadence JedAI and Pulse technologies across diverse customer environments. This role focuses on deploying these tools, integrating them with other Cadence tools, and ensuring stable operation across multiple infrastructure configurations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support JedAI and Pulse installations including environment setup, configuration, and enterprise integration.
• Configure and validate services, such as: Index / vector database services, Embedding and reranking services, LLM gateway and API endpoints
• Work with customer IT, CAD, and security teams to align deployments with enterprise policies and infrastructure
• Troubleshoot issues across services and logs
• Assist customers with Post‑install validation, updates to vector databases and models, monitoring, stability, and capacity considerations
• Collaborate with R\&D, Product Engineering, and Sales to resolve issues and drive successful adoption

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Strong experience with Linux/Windows environments
• Familiarity with containerized applications
• Working knowledge of distributed services and configuration using YAML or similar formats
• Ability to debug issues using logs and service‑level metrics
• Experience supporting Cadence EDA tools in a customer‑facing AE role
• Clear written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes concepts (Pods, services, resource allocation)
• Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure, inference services, or vector databases
• Familiarity with version control systems, design databases, or PLM‑style data governance models
• Familiarity with authentication mechanisms (API keys, tokens, access control)
• Experience supporting customer‑managed infrastructure environments

• The annual salary range for California is $123,200 to $228,800\. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.*

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