
STA Application Engineer
Austin, TXFull-time$106–198K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The STA Application Engineer performs static timing, glitch, and noise analysis using the Tempus Signoff tool and delivers timing-analysis, ECO, CAD-tool, and methodology flows. The role works with R&D and customers on timing analysis and ECO flows, validates constraints, benchmarks tool features, and supports timing signoff campaigns. It also automates flows with scripting languages and delivers technical training and seminars.
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SAN JOSE
AUSTIN
Full time
R57112
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
Perform Static timing analysis, glitch, noise analysis using Tempus Signoff tool. Executing and delivering on various aspects of Timing analysis flows, ECO flows, CAD tools and methodologies.
Work on SDC constraints, advanced OCV/SOCV concepts, derates, PBA timing, Distributed and Concurrent STA flows.
Work efficiently with R&D and customer to enable various timing analysis & ECO flows including newer advanced technologies.
Performing timing correlation, tool feature benchmarking, constraints validation, spice analysis on various tech nodes and customer designs.
Work on In-design timing ECO optimizations solutions with basic knowledge of Place and Route, Clock Tree, RC Extraction and UPF/CPF concepts.
Execute and lead Tempus timing signoff campaigns at existing and new customers.
Automation of flows using scripting languages (Perl, Tcl, python).
Deliver technical trainings and seminars within Cadence and customer sites.
The annual salary range for California is $106,400 to $197,600. 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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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.
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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.
How this job compares
Set against the 576 open Application Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$106–198K/yr
- US median$100–182K/yr371 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $152K, is 11% above the US median midpoint ($137K) — in the middle half of Application Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 35 open Application Engineer jobs in Texas and 576 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
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- Experience
- Application Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (442 postings).
- Education
- 261 of the 576 open Application Engineer jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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