Staff Applications Engineer

Job Description And Requirements

At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.

Our Silicon Design & Verification business is all about building high-performance silicon chips—faster. We’re the world’s leading provider of solutions for designing and verifying advanced silicon chips. And we design the next-generation processes and models needed to manufacture those chips. We enable our customers to optimize chips for power, cost, and performance—eliminating months off their project schedules.

We're looking for an Applications Engineer to join our team. Does this sound like a good role for you?

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of applications engineering team that supports the industry leading Static Timing Analysis tool, Primetime. The primary focus of the Application Engineer (AE) is to drive increased usage of the product in both pre-sale and post-sale capacity. Pre-sales tasks include competitive benchmarks and evaluation, articulating the superiority to our customer’s design team and management. Post-sales tasks include customer training, tape-out support and advance collaboration initiatives for product enhancements. The job involves working closely with users/customers and multiple organizations like R&D, marketing, sales among others.

Key Qualifications

• Synopsys STA tool, PrimeTime experience and knowledge are required
• Knowledge of timing corners/modes, process variations and signal integrity related issues are required
• Familiarity with synthesis, Physical design, extraction and ECO methodology is desired
• Strong TCL knowledge is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are mandatory. Prior customer facing role is a plus
• BSEE or equivalent, required with 6-7 years of experience, or MSEE, or equivalent with 4-5 years of experience