Applications Engineering, Sr Staff Engineer - 18510

Job Description and Requirements

Alternate Job Titles

• Senior Staff Verification Engineer
• Sr Staff Applications Engineer, Simulation & Debug
• Principal Application Engineer, VCS/Verdi
• Senior Staff FAE, Verification Solutions
• Sr Staff Technical Solutions Engineer, EDA

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 years in verification, the kind where a missed edge case costs six months and millions of dollars, and you have learned to think like both the designer who built it and the engineer trying to break it. You know that simulation is not just about running tests, it is about understanding why a testbench stalls at 3am, why coverage is stuck at 87%, and what it takes to get a customer from "this doesn't work" to "this is faster than anything we've run before."

You are comfortable sitting with a customer's verification team, digging into their UVM environment or gate-level timing flow, and walking out with a deployment plan that actually works in their environment, not just in a demo. You do not wait for perfect documentation. You read waveforms, trace through SystemVerilog, script your way around problems, and know when to pull in R&D versus solve it yourself.

Competitive benchmarks do not intimidate you. You have run them, you know where VCS wins, and you can explain it in terms that matter to the person signing the contract. You care about the craft. At Synopsys, you will work on verification technology that powers tape-outs across the industry, and the customers you support will remember your name.

What You'll Be Doing

• Drive customer deployments of VCS and Verdi simulation and debug platforms, working directly with design and verification teams to integrate tools into their existing flows
• Diagnose complex technical issues across UVM testbenches, gate-level simulations, low power flows, and timing-aware verification environments
• Lead competitive engagements and benchmarking efforts, demonstrating VCS/Verdi performance, capacity, and debug advantages against rival tools
• Collaborate with R&D and product teams to gather customer requirements, reproduce field issues, and influence the product roadmap based on real deployment feedback
• Develop and optimize automation scripts in Perl, Python, TCL, Shell, and Make to improve customer productivity and streamline verification workflows
• Interface across global teams including product validation, field applications, and customer engineering to propose solutions and drive product improvements
• Support customers through technical escalations, providing expertise in SystemVerilog, SVA, UVM, low power (UPF), and gate-level simulation methodologies

The Impact You Will Have

• Enable customers to close verification faster and reach first-pass silicon success by deploying simulation technology that scales to their toughest designs
• Influence the VCS and Verdi product roadmap by surfacing real-world customer challenges and competitive gaps that R&D can act on
• Win competitive deals by proving performance, capacity, and debug superiority in head-to-head benchmarks that matter to customer schedules
• Accelerate adoption of advanced features like AI-driven productivity tools, formal integration, and next-gen debug capabilities across your customer base
• Reduce time-to-resolution for critical customer issues, turning escalations into deployments and deployments into long-term partnerships
• Strengthen Synopsys' position as the verification platform of choice by making customers successful in ways they can measure and defend internally
• Build institutional knowledge across the global applications team by documenting solutions, sharing best practices, and mentoring peers on complex verification challenges

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics Engineering or equivalent, with 5-12 years of hands-on experience in verification or application engineering
• Deep expertise in simulation technologies, UVM, SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA), and verification methodologies applied to real designs
• Strong command of HDL languages including Verilog, VHDL, and SystemVerilog, with solid understanding of digital design fundamentals
• Proven experience with gate-level simulation, timing-aware verification, and low power flows using UPF
• Advanced scripting ability in Perl, Python, TCL, Shell, and Make, with comfort working in UNIX/Linux environments
• Experience with Synopsys Verdi or similar waveform debug tools is a strong plus, as is knowledge of DPI, C/C++, SystemC, or functional safety standards
• Exposure to generative AI technologies or AI-driven EDA workflows is a plus

Who You Are

• You can walk into a customer meeting, listen to a verification problem described in half-formed sentences, and walk out with a clear technical plan and next steps
• You are the person your team pulls in when a customer issue is stuck, not because you know everything, but because you know how to find the answer and who to ask
• You manage multiple customer engagements at once without dropping threads, and you do not need reminders to follow up or close the loop
• You push back when a proposed solution does not fit the customer's actual environment, and you are comfortable saying "that won't work, here's what will"
• Travel does not faze you, whether it is onsite customer visits, regional workshops, or working across time zones with global R&D and field teams
• You stay current, not because it is required, but because you are genuinely curious about what is next in verification, AI tooling, and EDA technology

The Team You'll Be Part Of

Your recruiter will share more about the team structure and mission during the interview process.

Rewards and Benefits

We 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.

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.