Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#147 top sponsor

Overview

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 435 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #147 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 295 were certified (67.8% approval rate), taking about 314 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $143,405.

435

PERM filings

67.8%

approval

1

denied

$143,405

median wage

314d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 285 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (69%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India196
  • China52
  • Taiwan9
  • South Korea7
  • Canada4
  • Russia2
  • Iran2
  • Brazil2
  • Bangladesh2
  • Sweden1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B239
  • L-134
  • F-15
  • O-12
  • L-21
  • TN1

Education

  • Master's184
  • Bachelor's53
  • Doctorate43
  • Other5

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Cadence Design Systems, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 104 $148,012
Software Developers, Systems Software 102 $141,807
Sales Engineers 90 $141,301
Software Developers 57 $153,617
Bioinformatics Scientists 5 $96,123
Computer Hardware Engineers 5 $122,256
Computer Systems EngineersArchitects 4 $153,702
Software Developers, Applications 4 $159,411
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3 $140,327
Validation Engineers 3 $115,287

Common job titles

Software Engineer 111 Application Engineer, Customer Engagement 52 Design Engineer 30 Product Engineer 26 Principal Application Engineer, Customer Engagement 16 Sr. Principal Software Engineer 15 Principal Software Engineer 15 Principal Design Engineer 14 Principal Product Engineer 11 Sr. Principal Application Engineer, Customer Engagement 9 Sr. Principal Product Engineer 8 Solutions Engineer 8

Wage range

$125,000

25th

$143,405

median

$165,000

75th

$181,279

90th

Law firms used

  • Corporate Immigration Partners, LLP183
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.150
  • Pearl Law Group77
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak Stewart, P.C.23
  • Corporate Immigration Partners1
  • Corporate Immigration Partners, LLC1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24324-485232 Principal Design EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Mar 27, 2026
G-100-24320-478631 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Mar 26, 2026
G-100-24320-478583 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Mar 26, 2026
G-100-24320-478626 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Mar 26, 2026
G-100-24298-431096 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Mar 19, 2026
G-100-24296-424993 Sr. Principal Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Mar 19, 2026
G-100-24283-397184 Product EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Mar 19, 2026
G-100-24283-397252 Principal Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified Austin, TX Mar 19, 2026
G-100-24283-397271 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Mar 19, 2026
G-100-24283-397181 Software EngineerCertified Pittsburgh, PA Mar 17, 2026
G-100-24235-287313 Sr. Principal Solutions EngineerCertified Austin, TX Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24236-291311 Principal Product EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24235-286635 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24232-278050 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24232-278119 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24235-287240 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24242-304706 Application Engineer, Customer EngagementCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24232-278025 Product EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24235-287275 Principal Design EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24235-287294 Sr. Principal Product EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.