Lead Software Engineer (Geometry)

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.Position SummaryWe are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership in the Geometry domain for MSC Apex. This role is responsible for designing and developing geometry capabilities used in CAE preprocessing, model preparation, defeaturing, geometry cleanup, healing, interoperability, and downstream simulation workflows. The successful candidate will be a senior individual contributor who leads feature-level technical execution, mentors engineers, and collaborates with architecture, QA, product, and engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable, and maintainable geometry solutions aligned with customer and product needs.Key Responsibilities• Design, develop, and deliver advanced Geometry capabilities for CAE products, with focus on robustness, performance, scalability, and maintainability.• Lead feature-level technical work for geometry modeling, defeaturing, cleanup, healing, interoperability, topology handling, and CAE preprocessing workflows.• Participate in design reviews, feasibility analysis, risk assessment, debugging, performance optimization, and implementation planning.• Collaborate with product management, architecture, QA, program management, and engineering teams to translate customer workflow needs into well-defined technical solutions.• Mentor engineers on geometry algorithms, design patterns, code quality, testing strategy, and engineering best practices.• Investigate complex geometry defects, interoperability issues, performance bottlenecks, and customer-reported workflow problems, and drive timely resolution.• Contribute to technical plans and communicate design tradeoffs, delivery risks, and implementation status clearly to stakeholders.Required QualificationsEducation• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Geometry, Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Engineer