Application Engineering, Principal Engineer

Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.

Our Customer Success Group 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.

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We’re looking for Physical Design Specialist (PDS) to join the team.

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The primary focus of the Physical Design Specialist (PDS) is to support the sale and adoption of Synopsys products to help customers achieve tangible and lasting performance improvements in the cost, quality, and development time for projects. PDS are expected to possess Place & Route (physical) , Synthesis (logical and physical), STA experience and knowledge. PDS AEs are expected to be knowledgeable in multiple domains of design implementation and understand codependency of flow and methodology such as Macro & Standard Cell Placement, Clock Tree Synthesis, Routing, Advanced Timing Optimization techniques . Additional knowledge of AI driven Methodologies, RTL Coding, Synthesis, Equivalency check, Constraints (timing & Power Signoff) is preferable.

In addition, PDS AEs will articulate design methodologies involving Synopsys tools at a very advanced Node (Sub 5nm) using Synopsys Full RTL-to-GDSII solution (Fusion Compiler / IC Compiler II/ICC2). Development time will be spent gaining expertise in additional, or specialization tools, broadening focus from product emphasis to methodology, sharpening Account Management skills, and learning to leverage success.

PDS AEs are expected to manage multiple customer activities concurrently, and work with Account Managers and AC management to set their priorities. Sales support roles include product demonstrations, evaluations, and competitive benchmarking. Customer support roles include training, problem resolution, and technical account management. PDS AEs must be able to interact effectively with end-users at customer sites, as well as first level managers. PDS AEs also participate in account planning, where they work as part of the account team to develop the Synopsys solution to customer problems by bringing their understanding of customers' needs and issues.