Principal Application Engineer – Allegro PCB Design Tools

Cadence is seeking a Principal Application Engineer to support enterprise customers across Canada, with a focus on the Allegro X PCB design platform. This is a customer‑facing presales role for a technical professional who enjoys building long‑term relationships, influencing technical decisions, and helping customers succeed with complex PCB design challenges.

This role supports a geographically focused customer base, heavily weighted toward telecom and advanced electronics, including both established enterprises and fast‑growing startups, and is well suited for experienced PCB engineers or layout designers seeking a broader customer-facing role or experienced EDA application engineers.

What you'll do:

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to multiple key customers across Canada, building strong, long‑term relationships
• Define and execute enterprise presales engagements with a high degree of autonomy, including technical discovery, solution positioning, technical presentations and product demonstrations, and customer enablement through evaluation and adoption
• Provide high-touch support, education, and technical consultation
• Partner closely with Sales to influence account strategy, design wins, expansions, and technology adoption
• Collaborate with R&D and Product teams to champion customer needs and influence the product roadmap
• Stay current on…
  • Emerging PCB design and manufacturing technologies
  • Cadence product advancements
  • Competitive solutions, and what differentiates Cadence
• Share knowledge with other application engineers and contribute to team-wide technical expertise through mentorship and leading technical initiatives

What Success Looks Like:

• Key stakeholders, including senior engineers and engineering management, view you as a trusted technical advisor and long-term partner within their organizations
• You own end-to-end technical execution of customer engagements involving Allegro X, defining strategy in close partnership with the account team
• You achieve measurable business impact on customer acquisition, satisfaction, retention, and expansion

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of experience in PCB design, layout, or relevant adjacencies
• Expert understanding of schematic capture and PCB design workflows
• Excellent English-language written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to present and clearly articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of, or direct experience in the EDA industry
• Strong background in one or more of:
  • PCB layout or manufacturing
  • Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, and high-speed design
  • Electromagnetics or RF, as related to PCB design
• Hands-on experience with Cadence Allegro platform tools (Allegro PCB Editor, System Capture, Design Entry HDL)
• Strong professional network within the Ottawa or Toronto engineering communities

What you'll gain:

• Exposure to advanced hardware technologies, including high-speed, high-density, and emerging manufacturing techniques, often before broad market adoption
• Deep hands-on experience with Cadence's Allegro X platform, including early exposure to innovations
• Ongoing professional growth through:
  • Direct collaboration with R&D and Product teams
  • Learning from experienced counterparts across North America and the globe
  • Formal training and learning opportunities
• Growth in technical depth, customer influence, and business impact
• Cadence is consistently recognized as one of the world's best workplaces by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work

Additional job details:

• Home office in Ottawa (Strong candidates located in Toronto may be considered)
• Up to 20% travel, primarily to Toronto

Join a team that influences the design of next-generation electronics while supporting the most advanced engineering teams in Canada.

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