Software Engineer II (Postprocessing)

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 Software Engineer II focused on CAE post-processing to contribute to the development and delivery of capabilities for MSC Apex and related simulation result workflows. Working with guidance from senior engineers, this role will implement, test, debug, and maintain features related to solver result interpretation, result data management, contouring, XY plotting, animation, result probing, derived result calculations, reporting, validation, and handling of engineering simulation datasets. This opportunity is well suited to an early-career software engineer or a recent master's graduate with strong fundamentals, relevant academic or project experience, and an interest in CAE and scientific software development.Key Responsibilities• Develop, test, debug, and maintain assigned CAE post-processing capabilities for engineering simulation products, with attention to result accuracy, performance, robustness, usability, and maintainability.• Contribute to solver result reading, result case management, contour plots, XY plotting, animation, result probing, min/max extraction, derived result calculations, result comparison, and report generation.• Implement and validate support for scalar, vector, tensor, transient, modal, frequency-domain, and load-step-based result data with guidance from experienced team members.• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, debugging, performance analysis, testing, and implementation planning for assigned components.• Investigate and resolve well-defined result interpretation issues, plotting errors, result synchronization problems, solver output discrepancies, performance bottlenecks, and customer-reported defects, escalating complex issues as appropriate.Required QualificationsEducation• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Engineering, Compute