Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion at Cadence

We promote a “One Cadence—One Team” culture that fosters inclusion and embraces diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas to help us solve technology’s toughest challenges that allow our customers to transform lives.

Our award-winning collaborative and inclusive culture enables us to not only drive innovation in the products and services that we develop, but also in the way we approach challenges and make decisions. Cadence has established an Equal Employment Opportunity Policy to support our mission.

“We have a passionate, dynamic, and diverse team around the world—one that works together to achieve success for Cadence and our customers. Our ‘One Team’ spirit fosters an environment of inclusion and trust, which is a core part of our culture and our commitment to being a great workplace.

I strongly believe that having a culture of inclusiveness is an advantage for any company that seeks to be an industry leader. Innovation happens when we embrace diverse perspectives and collaborate together to overcome challenges.” - Lip-Bu Tan, President and CEO

Inclusion means creating a culture where differences are valued, where everyone has the opportunity to develop skills and talents consistent with our mission, vision, and values.

The aim is to create an environment at Cadence where everyone feels engaged, respected, and empowered to make a difference. Fostering an inclusive, high-trust, and high-performance culture enables us to leverage the richness of ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives to create business value and customer success.

Women@Cadence

The mission of Women@Cadence is to create a diverse and inclusive environment and foster a culture of equality that fuels new ideas. Innovation happens when we encourage our different perspectives and collaborate to overcome challenges.

Women@Cadence hosts several development and networking opportunities throughout the year, bringing employees together to better understand and tackle the challenges faced by women in technology and business.

We partner with several industry-leading organizations who help us in our mission to empower women across the globe, including The Anita-Borg Institute, Girls Who Code, IEEE Women in Engineering, and Watermark.

Cadence is a proud sponsor of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. We invited more than 30 Cadence women across the globe to hear from the distinguished speakers, attend workshops, network with peers from different companies, and bring back new inspiration and experiences to share with their teams.

College Hires and Internship Program (CHIPs)

We are excited to welcome talented interns and university grads to our offices around the world. Our CHIPs members are at a critical point in their careers and we want their experience with us to be defined by challenging work, a collaborative team, personal growth, and fun!

We organize various events for CHIPs members to network with Cadence executives and leaders including roundtables, meet-and-greets, and a showcase where they have the opportunity to present their work. We host several events where they can connect with their peers, like volunteer events, 5k fun runs, sports tournaments, and social hours, and support their development with mentorship programs, industry speakers, and career workshops.

We empower our CHIPs employees to help us shape the future of electronics!

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A Great Place to Do Great Work

As our CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, will tell you, “It is the drive, passion, intelligence, and integrity of our dedicated employees that make Cadence a great place to do great work.” Cadence is recognized as a Great Place to Work around the world, including on FORTUNE Magazine’s list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Our diverse team of passionate, dedicated, and talented individuals go above and beyond for our customers, our communities, and each other—every day. Employees join Cadence because of our innovation, and stay because of our culture. Every day brings exciting challenges in an ever-evolving industry. We believe in creating an environment where everyone is empowered to do their best work, surrounded by the best team.

Company Info

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design™ strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications, including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, mobile, aerospace, industrial and healthcare. For seven years in a row, Fortune magazine has named Cadence one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.

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