Applications Engineering, Sr Staff Engineer

Descriptions & Requirements

Job Description and Requirements

We Are 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. You Are You have spent a decade building, verifying, or supporting silicon that ships, and you know the difference between a clean integration and one that costs your customer three months of debug. You understand that a protocol spec is just the starting point. The real work begins when someone tries to configure PCIe Gen5 in a power-constrained automotive SoC or bring up DDR5 on a board that was not quite laid out the way the datasheet suggested. You have been in the room when things go wrong during tape-out or bring-up, and you are the person who stays calm, asks the right questions, and finds the path through. You can read Verilog, trace a timing violation back to its root cause, and explain what went wrong to a customer engineer who is three time zones away and under pressure. You do not need perfect documentation to move forward. You work with what you have, fill in the gaps, and keep the project on track. At Synopsys, you will work directly with customers integrating our Interface IP into their most critical designs. The problems are real, the stakes are high, and the work you do will directly determine whether their silicon works on the first pass.

Serve as the technical point of contact for customers integrating Synopsys Interface IP, including Ethernet, PCIe, and DDR, into complex SoC designs Guide customers through IP configuration, feature selection, and integration into their RTL and verification environments Debug critical issues across simulation, synthesis, static timing analysis, and physical design flows using tools like VCS, Design Compiler, and PrimeTime Support silicon and system bring-up activities, working with customers to diagnose and resolve hardware-level issues in lab environments Collaborate with Synopsys R&D, product engineering, and field teams to deliver tailored solutions and escalate complex technical problems Stay current with evolving protocol specifications for Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, and emerging standards relevant to automotive, AI, and data center applications Travel occasionally to customer sites for on-site integration support, training, and bring-up assistance The Impact You Will Have Enable successful first-pass silicon for customers by catching integration issues early and providing expert guidance through tape-out Reduce customer time-to-market by resolving technical blockers quickly and accurately during critical project phases Strengthen customer relationships and drive repeat business by becoming a trusted technical advisor they rely on for complex integrations Influence future IP product roadmaps by feeding real-world customer requirements and pain points back to Synopsys R&D teams Expand adoption of Synopsys Interface IP across high-growth markets including automotive, AI accelerators, and hyperscale data centers Contribute to the success of next-generation products that depend on high-speed, low-latency connectivity in increasingly complex system architectures Build internal knowledge and best practices that improve how Synopsys supports customers across the entire applications engineering organization What You'll Need Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with focus on VLSI or digital design 10+ years of hands-on experience in ASIC/SoC design, verification, or applications engineering with exposure to full tape-out cycles Deep working knowledge of at least one high-speed protocol: Ethernet