[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Cadence Design jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cadence-design/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Cadence Design · Home China +1 more # Sr. Software Engineering Manager (Pre/Post) Home China +1 more Full-time Manager or lead Software Engineering Listed on Cadence Design’s official careers site. Posted October 12, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Cadence Design’s careers site →](https://cadence.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/HOME-CHINA/Sr-Software-Engineering-Manager--Pre-Post-_R56767-1) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Cadence Design](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cadence-design/) / Sr. Software Engineering Manager (Pre/Post) ## Job description At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. ### Position Summary We are seeking a highly motivated development leader with proven experience managing pre-processing and post-processing teams to join our Apex organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the pre-processing and post-processing domains for Apex in China and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software releases that support business objectives. ### Key Responsibilities - Lead the pre-processing and post-processing engineering teams responsible for simulation software capabilities, including model setup, solver integration, results visualization, and workflow automation. - Own the technical execution and delivery of MSC Apex pre- and post-processing features, ensuring alignment with product roadmap, release milestones, and business priorities. - Provide technical leadership for CAE model preparation, results import, visualization, plotting, animation, and report generation workflows. - Translate customer needs, usability gaps, and technical challenges into actionable engineering plans and product improvements. - Guide architecture, design reviews, feasibility evaluations, technical risk assessments, and implementation strategies for complex CAE workflows. - Drive engineering excellence through improved development practices, code quality, performance optimization, automation, maintainability, and test coverage. - Manage project planning, sprint execution, resource allocation, dependency tracking, and delivery commitments across multiple releases. - Troubleshoot complex technical and operational issues, including customer escalations, production defects, performance bottlenecks, and workflow failures. - Mentor and grow engineers and technical leads, building domain expertise in pre-processing, post-processing, and simulation workflows. - Promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and technical alignment across geographically distributed teams. - Support long-term modernization initiatives, including platform scalability, workflow automation, API enablement, cloud readiness, and integration with broader simulation ecosystems. ### Required Qualifications Education - Bachelors or Masters in Computer Aided Design/Mechanical engineering or related engineering domains ### Experience - 20+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in CAE, CAD, engineering simulation, computational mechanics, or scientific software domains. - Proven experience managing pre-processing and post-processing product areas for simulation software, including model setup, geometry preparation, meshing, results visualization, and engineering workflow automation. - Strong understanding of CAE preprocessing workflows, including material/property assignment, boundary conditions, loads, contacts, and solver deck preparation. - Experience with post-processing workflows, including simulation results import, contour/vector/tensor visualization, animation, path plots, XY plots, report generation, and interpretation of solver results. - Experience working with or managing development for tools such as MSC Apex, Patran, Adams, ANSA, HyperMesh, SimLab, Abaqus/CAE, ANSYS Mechanical, LS-PrePost, or similar CAE platforms. - Strong technical background in C++ software development, preferably for large-scale desktop engineering applications. - Familiarity with Python scripting, automation, APIs, and workflow customization for CAE users. - Experience leading teams responsible for geometry, meshing, solver integration, results processing, visualization, and user workflow productivity. - Ability to guide architecture and technical decisions for scalable, maintainable, and high-performance simulation software components. - Experience collaborating with product management, QA, solver teams, application engineers, customer support, and field teams to define requirements and deliver product releases. - Track record of mentoring senior engineers and technical leads in specialized CAE software domains. - Experience balancing technical debt, modernization, performance improvements, usability, quality, and delivery commitments. - Practical experience using AI-assisted software development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar tools to improve coding productivity, code review efficiency, documentation, and engineering workflows. ### Soft Skills - Strong people leadership skills with the ability to mentor engineers, set expectations, provide feedback, and build a high-performing delivery-focused team. - Excellent communication skills for working with engineering teams, product stakeholders, QA, program management, and senior leadership. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make practical decisions under technical and schedule constraints. - Ability to drive accountability, remove execution blockers, and maintain focus on predictable, high-quality delivery. - Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across teams and build alignment around technical priorities and delivery commitments.N/A We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 12, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 18, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 6 days - Location: Home China +1 more - Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Cadence Design’s careers site →](https://cadence.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/HOME-CHINA/Sr-Software-Engineering-Manager--Pre-Post-_R56767-1) ## More jobs at Cadence Design ### [Lead Software Engineer (Framework)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cadence-design/jobs/bb2ff3772575e215760d/) Home China +1 more ### [Lead Software Engineer (Geometry)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cadence-design/jobs/6a8fce08b9b2cbdecdda/) Home China +1 more ### [Lead Software Engineer (Graphics)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cadence-design/jobs/f36ee60ef7f5374a7ed8/) Home China +1 more ### [Lead Software Engineer (Postprocessing)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cadence-design/jobs/7060123db7314d7860eb/) Home China +1 more ### [Lead Software Engineer (Preprocessing)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cadence-design/jobs/8927f390ec1287689788/) Home China +1 more ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Registered Nurse - Pre/Post Operative / Pre-Admission Testing](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/munson-healthcare/jobs/ad23d87dc93219600b26/) Munson Healthcare ### [Lead Engineer - Pre/Post Si validation](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/qualcomm/jobs/a40429e9a1f77e52e556/) Qualcomm · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India ### [Pre/Post Silicon Validation Framework/Tools / Infra development engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/qualcomm/jobs/fdc3e296c68be9c42f58/) Qualcomm · Bangalore, India ### [Lead Software Engineer - Post Trade Technology](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/6fc8c99949c4a34bf062/) JPMorganChase · Singapore OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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