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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.\nYou Are\nWe are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Principal Applications Engineer to support deployment and adoption of advanced memory characterization solutions at leading semiconductor companies worldwide.\nThis role combines deep technical expertise in memory design, characterization, circuit simulation, and library generation with strong customer engagement and technical leadership skills. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to customers, helping them develop, validate, and optimize memory characterization methodologies while working closely with R&D, Product Management, and worldwide field teams.\nThe ideal candidate will have extensive experience with memory design and characterization flows and hands-on knowledge of industry-standard characterization tools such as LiberateMX, PrimeLib, SiliconSmart, or similar solutions. Experience with memory circuit simulation and signoff technologies including HSPICE, PrimeSim XA, CustomSim, Spectre, NanoTime, and PrimeTime is highly desirable.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nCustomer Engagement & Technical Leadership\nServe as the primary technical interface for strategic semiconductor customers deploying memory characterization solutions.\nLead customer evaluations, proof-of-concepts, benchmarks, and production deployments.\nWork directly with customer memory design, characterization, CAD, methodology, and library teams to understand requirements and drive successful adoption.\nProvide technical leadership during customer escalations and resolve complex issues involving memory design, SPICE simulation, characterization, library generation, and signoff validation.\nDeliver technical presentations, methodology reviews, workshops, and training sessions.\nServe as a trusted technical advisor helping customers improve characterization quality, runtime, scalability, and deployment readiness.\nDrive competitive displacement opportunities involving migration from alternative solutions such as LiberateMX and other characterization environments.\nCoordinate cross-functional efforts involving Applications Engineering, Product Management, R&D, and customer engineering teams.\nTravel as needed to support key customer engagements, deployments, and strategic initiatives.\nTechnical Responsibilities\nSupport characterization of SRAMs, register files, ROMs, embedded memories, custom memory macros, and memory compilers.\nDevelop and optimize memory characterization methodologies across advanced process technologies.\nDebug and resolve characterization, modeling, simulation, convergence, and library quality issues.\nDrive validation and correlation activities for timing, power, leakage, and variation-aware models.\nAssist customers in deploying scalable production characterization flows.\nCollaborate with R&D to reproduce customer issues and influence future product enhancements.\nDevelop best practices, reference methodologies, and technical collateral for customer adoption.\nThe Impact You Will Have\nEnable leading semiconductor companies to deploy production-ready memory characterization flows that reduce tapeout risk and improve library quality\nAccelerate customer adoption of advanced memory modeling techniques including variation-aware characterization, CCS timing, CCS noise, and statistical analysis\nResolve critical customer escalations that directly impact tapeout schedules and product success at strategic accounts\nInfluence the direction of Synopsys memory characterization and simulation products based on real-world customer requirements and deployment feedback\nBuild long-term technical relationships with memory design and CAD teams at top-tier semiconductor companies worldwide\nExpand Synopsys footprint in memory characterization by winning competitive evaluations and driving migrations from alternative toolsets\nContribute to the development of industry best practices and reference flows that raise the bar for memory characterization quality and efficiency\nWhat You'll Need\nCharacterization Tool ExpertiseExperience with one or more of the following:\nPrimeLib , \nSiliconsmart, \nLiberateMX, \nSolido\nCustom or in-house memory characterization environments\n\nSimulation & Signoff Expertise\nExperience with:\nHSPICE\nPrimeSim XA\nCustomSim\nSpectre\nNanoTime\nPrimeTime\nFineSim or equivalent simulation technologies\n\nAdvanced Modeling & Library Views\nKnowledge of:\nNLDM\nCCS Timing\nCCS Noise\nLVF\nVariation-aware characterization methodologies\nStatistical timing and power analysis\n\nAdditional Experience\nAdvanced node characterization and validation\nMemory compiler qualification and deployment\nHigh-capacity simulation methodologies\nMachine learning or automation techniques applied to characterization flows\nCustomer-facing applications engineering experience within EDA or semiconductor industries\n\nWho You Are\nDeep expertise in memory design and characterization.\nStrong hands-on experience with characterization tools such as PrimeLib, LiberateMX, SiliconSmart, or equivalent solutions.\nExpertise with simulation technologies including HSPICE, PrimeSim XA, CustomSim, Spectre and NanoTime.\nStrong understanding of signoff methodologies and downstream consumption flows.\nProven customer engagement experience supporting strategic semiconductor accounts.\nThe ability to communicate effectively with engineers, technical managers, architects, and executive stakeholders.\nA passion for solving difficult customer problems and turning customer requirements into product improvements.\nExperience with scripting in python, tcl and AI experience preferred\nThe Team You'll Be Part Of\nYou will be part of the Customer Application Services organization supporting memory characterization solutions globally. You will collaborate closely with field applications engineers, R&D teams working on PrimeLib and simulation technologies, Product Management, and customer-facing teams across regions. Your work will directly support strategic semiconductor customers deploying memory IP and characterization flows for advanced process nodes.\nRewards and Benefits\nWe offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.\nAt Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. 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