Principal Software Engineer (Meshing)

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 Principal Software Engineer to provide deep technical leadership in the Meshing domain for MSC Apex. This role is responsible for designing, developing, and guiding advanced meshing capabilities used in CAE preprocessing, model preparation, surface meshing, volume meshing, mesh quality improvement, sizing controls, and downstream simulation workflows. The successful candidate will act as a senior individual contributor and technical authority, partnering across engineering, architecture, QA, and product teams to deliver robust, scalable, and maintainable meshing solutions aligned with customer and product needs.Key Responsibilities• Architect, design, and develop advanced meshing capabilities for CAE products, ensuring robustness, scalability, performance, and maintainability.• Provide technical leadership for surface meshing, volume meshing, mesh quality improvement, sizing controls, boundary layer concepts, mesh cleanup, and CAE preprocessing workflows.• Serve as a senior technical authority for design reviews, feasibility analysis, risk assessment, debugging, performance optimization, and long-term architecture decisions.• Collaborate with product management, architecture, QA, program management, and engineering teams to translate customer workflow needs into actionable technical solutions.• Guide and mentor engineers on meshing algorithms, design patterns, code quality, testing strategy, and engineering best practices.• Investigate complex meshing defects, mesh quality problems, performance bottlenecks, and customer-reported workflow issues, driving them to resolution.• Contribute to technical roadmaps and communicate design tradeoffs, technical risks, and implementation plans clearly to stakeholders and leadership.Required QualificationsEducation• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering,