Principal Application Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. • Define and propose integrated ELM solutions covering customer processes, ensuring strategic alignment and technical feasibility • Collect, formalize, and analyze business requirements, translating them into detailed technical and functional specifications for ELM systems • Design system architecture addressing data management, process automation, integration with systems like PLM/ERP/MES, and scalability for future requirements • Oversee implementation phases, including stakeholder communication, technical governance, risk mitigation, and delivery to the business roadmap • Facilitate workshops, blueprinting sessions, and user acceptance testing with customers to ensure adoption and change management • Mentor consulting teams, lead presales activities (demos, effort estimation), and support sales with solution options and implementation proposals • Work with Product Management and R&D to bring field specific improvements into product roadmaps • Review and establish quality improvement process in the entire implementation lifecycle • Actively contribute to the culture of this dynamic team QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE • 4 to 7 Years of Experience in PLM / ERP Implementation and Solution Architecture • Post Graduation or Graduation in computer science or mechanical engineering COMPETENCIES REQUIRED Technical/Functional Competencies • At least 4 years of proven experience as a Solution Architect, technical consultant, or in similar roles, ideally in an enterprise software implementation environment • Good understanding of Engineering Process and Workflows in typical manufacturing companies • Hands-on consulting experience with PLM / ERP or an enterprise software implementation, integration, and roll out • Strong English skills, written and spoken. Proven ability to communicate with a range of people of different technical and experience levels and the ability to be self-directed as well as to work in a team • General knowledge and experience in distributed collaborative multi-tiered enterprise applications • Experience on following technologies is expected o Web application development technologies like Java, JS, spring boot, Perl, XML, XSLT o Storage infrastructure like SAN / NAS / NFS etc. o Authentication and email systems – LDAP / SMTP o Relational database – Oracle, Postgres etc. o Cloud technologies o Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning o Operating Systems – Linux and Windows • Production use of Git, GitLab, GitHub or Azure DevOps • Good understanding of process related software tools like Jira, Confluence etc. • Familiarity with CAE process and tools will be an advantage • Understanding of High-Performance Computing and queuing systems like SLURM • Strong problem-solving skills • Willing to travel at least 50% of the time We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.