Intern - Application Engineer
Cadence Design Systems, Inc
Posted on Jun 4, 2026
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
As a member of the Field Applications Engineering (AE) team, you will collaborate with leading semiconductors and system companies to deploy Cadence’s industry-leading Palladium acceleration/emulation platform and FPGA prototyping systems.
This customer-facing role includes both pre-sales and post-sales responsibilities. You will work closely with account teams to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges, while also partnering with R&D to ensure successful deployment and support.
Key Responsibilities
- Build technical credibility and strong relationships with customers; serve as their primary technical contact.
- Provide deep technical support in collaboration with R&D to enable advanced acceleration/emulation flows and secure design wins.
- Advocate on customer needs and collaborate with R&D and Marketing to develop competitive, creative technical solutions.
- Analyze the competitive landscape and continuously work to differentiate Cadence’s offerings.
Requirements:
- Student position with Availability for 2-3 days a week (or more)
- Electrical engineer student with 1-2 semesters left.
- Experience developing verification environments using SystemVerilog (advantage).
- Familiarity with eRM, OVM, or UVM methodologies (advantage).
- Knowledge of protocols such as JTAG, UART, PCIe, AXI, DDR (advantage).
- Experience in hardware acceleration, in-circuit emulation, or FPGA prototyping (highly desirable).
- Strong English communication skills—both verbal and written.
- Team-oriented mindset, mature work attitude, and sound judgment under pressure.