# R&D Engineering, Principal Engineer - 18968

Job Description and Requirements We Are Synopsys is a leader in silicon-to-systems engineering solutions, helping customers accelerate innovation in AI-driven products through industry-leading EDA, IP, and design solutions. You Are As a Principal Front-End Design Engineer, you will lead methodology, subsystem architecture, and AI-enabled design innovation across IP and SoC development. You will build scalable design solutions, improve engineering productivity, and drive best practices across global teams. What You'll Be Doing Develop and deploy AI-driven solutions for verification, synthesis, constraints, and DFT workflows. Architect reusable subsystem reference designs for Synopsys IP. Debug and optimize front-end design methodologies and automation flows. Drive adoption of best practices across design and verification teams. Collaborate with EDA, IP, and customer-facing engineers to solve complex design challenges. Mentor engineers through technical leadership and knowledge sharing. What You'll Need BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field. 10+ years of ASIC, SoC, or IP design and verification experience. Expertise in verification, synthesis, timing

- **Id**: 4139695
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/synopsys-rd-engineering-principal-engineer-18968>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sunnyvale, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T04:56:07Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T04:56:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3305
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: EDA Software, Simulation & Digital Twin Software, Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services

## Company

- **Id**: 39954
- **Name**: Synopsys
- **Domain**: synopsys.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/synopsys-inc>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Avature

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 99
- **Open postings**: 60
- **Ghost share**: 0.05
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.183
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 18
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Synopsys Design Compiler** — Optional: no
- **Synopsys Fusion Compiler** — Optional: no
- **Synopsys SpyGlass** — Optional: no
- **Synopsys TestMAX** — Optional: no
- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: no
- **UVM** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T04:56:07Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 178 · green card filings: 177; Filings 12m: 178

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T06:33:56Z

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