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

Cadence Design Systems is a world leader in providing computational software for all aspects of intelligent system design. Your role will be to bring expertise in statistical inference to a cross-disciplinary R&D team working on the boundary of statistical analysis, electronic design automation, and machine learning/AI. The candidate should have a PhD in computer science / applied mathematics or closely related field and the following preferred skills:

• Demonstrated expertise in statistical inference : significance testing (p-value, confidence intervals), Monte Carlo methods (random sampling, density estimation), design of experiments, Bayesian statistics, variational Bayes.

• Facility with classical methods of machine learning: regression (linear, logistic), regularization (ridge, lasso), classification (SVM, k-nearest neighbors), ensemble methods (decision trees, random forests, boosting, gradient boosting).

• Familiarity with contemporary techniques in AI/deep learning is a plus  (graph neural networks, transformer architectures, reinforcement and transfer learning, representation learning, etc.).

• Demonstrated ability to reduce algorithms and theoretical knowledge to practice and produce innovative research results.

• Demonstrated programming proficiency in Python/C++.  

• Strong computer science background is a plus.

• Exposure to one or more application areas in scientific computing (computational electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, molecular dynamics, thermal analysis, electrical circuit simulation) and/or computational physics is a plus.

• Exposure to electronic circuit design automation problems is a plus.

Candidate should expect to work with a cross-functional engineering team in to perform cutting-edge research but ultimately deliver innovative technologies in a production environment.

The annual salary range for California is $110,600 to $205,400. 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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