Staff Applications Engineer

Alternate Job Titles

• Staff Applications Engineer
• Technical Applications Engineer

We Are

Synopsys drives innovation from silicon to systems, enabling customers to develop next-generation AI-powered products. We provide industry-leading solutions across silicon design, IP, simulation, analysis, and design services.

By partnering closely with customers across industries, we help accelerate innovation, improve engineering productivity, and deliver differentiated products to market.

You Are

You are an experienced, customer-focused engineer who combines strong technical expertise with disciplined execution. You thrive in dynamic environments, navigate ambiguity effectively, and translate complex design challenges into practical, scalable solutions. You bring a hands-on approach to debugging, automation, and methodology development. You communicate clearly across technical and business audiences, collaborate effectively with customers and internal teams, and take ownership from problem definition through resolution. You are motivated by measurable impact, including improved customer productivity, stronger design outcomes, and successful adoption of advanced Synopsys technologies.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with customers to understand technical requirements and solve complex design challenges using Synopsys solutions.
• Drive the deployment, integration, and adoption of Synopsys EDA tools within customer design environments.
• Analyze design flows, reproduce technical issues, identify root causes, and develop effective solutions or workarounds.
• Provide pre-sales technical support, including evaluations, demonstrations, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with R&D, product engineering, and product management to resolve product issues and communicate customer requirements.
• Develop scripts, automation, and design methodologies that improve quality of results and engineering productivity.
• Create application notes, best-practice guides, and reusable technical solutions.
• Manage assigned customer engagements and technical deliverables with a high level of ownership.

The Impact You Will Have

• Accelerate customer adoption and effective utilization of Synopsys technologies.
• Improve customer design quality, productivity, and time to market.
• Support successful product evaluations, design milestones, and production deployments.
• Reduce issue-resolution time through structured debugging and cross-functional collaboration.
• Expand Synopsys’ presence within strategic accounts through technical excellence and trusted customer partnerships.
• Increase team effectiveness through reusable methodologies, automation, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant industry experience in ASIC, FPGA, or SoC design, implementation, or verification.
• Hands-on experience with EDA tools across one or more areas, including synthesis, physical design, simulation, timing analysis, formal verification, or functional verification.
• Strong understanding of digital design, SoC architectures, semiconductor design flows, and manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Tcl, Python, Perl, or Shell.
• Experience analysing design reports, tool logs, quality-of-results metrics, and complex technical issues.
• Demonstrated ability to develop practical solutions, automation, and design-flow improvements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with customers, R&D, product engineering, and product management teams.

Who You Are

• Customer-focused and committed to delivering high-quality technical solutions.
• Analytical and structured in your approach to problem-solving.
• Accountable for driving technical issues through closure.
• Adaptable in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities.

The Team You’ll Be Part Of

You will join a high-performing Applications Engineering team at the forefront of semiconductor and EDA innovation. The team works closely with customers, R&D, product engineering, and product management to deploy advanced technologies, resolve critical design challenges, and improve customer outcomes.

Our culture emphasizes technical excellence, customer success, collaboration, continuous learning, and professional growth.

Rewards and Benefits

Synopsys offers a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits designed to support employees and their families. Our total rewards include monetary and non-monetary offerings.

Your recruiter will provide additional details regarding the applicable salary range and benefits during the hiring process.

At Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.