Academic​/Outreach, Sr Associate

Academic/Outreach, Sr Associate

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 work collaboratively with educators at academic institutions to drive long-term presence and adoption of Synopsys tools in engineering education. Your role requires close collaboration with different teams internally, prioritizing work appropriately while supporting company-wide Academic Program initiatives, with the goal of making a real difference to undergraduate and graduate engineering education worldwide.

Closely aligned with Synopsys Academic Program goals and objectives, your daily activities include educational content development, working closely with key contacts at universities such as professors, researchers, and student teams to grow relationships and tool usage, and providing guidance to strategic universities regarding application of Synopsys products. You bring technical depth in electronics simulation, particularly in electromagnetics and finite element analysis using tools like Ansys HFSS and Maxwell, combined with the ability to translate that expertise into effective educational materials and meaningful academic partnerships.

You are expected to balance content creation with relationship building, moving comfortably between developing a new tutorial series and meeting with a professor to discuss course integration. Your work contributes directly to shaping how the next generation of electrical engineers learns to design and solve complex technical challenges.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build curriculum materials for electronics simulation courses, including lecture content, tutorials, learning pathways that align with how engineering is actually taught today
• Work directly with professors, researchers, and student teams at universities to understand their technical needs and help them integrate Ansys HFSS, Maxwell, and related tools into their coursework and research projects
• Deliver workshops, guest lectures, webinars, and hands-on training sessions on campus and online to drive tool adoption and deepen technical engagement with academic users
• Collaborate with the academic field sales team and application engineers to develop content plans that reflect real customer feedback, product capabilities, and educational trends
• Gather feedback from educators and students on how Ansys tools are being used in the classroom and feed that intelligence back to sales, marketing, and product teams
• Represent Synopsys at conferences, ASEE events, IEEE gatherings, and other academic forums where you will present technical content and build relationships with the engineering education community
• Support broader Academic Program initiatives as needed, contributing to team projects that strengthen Synopsys' long-term presence in higher education

The Impact You Will Have

• You will directly influence how thousands of undergraduate and graduate students learn to solve real-world electronics design challenges using industry-standard simulation tools
• Your curriculum materials will be used by educators across multiple universities, shaping the technical foundation of future engineers entering the workforce
• The relationships you build with professors and researchers will expand Synopsys tool adoption in academic labs, research programs, and capstone projects
• Your feedback loops will inform product development and marketing strategies, ensuring Synopsys Academic offerings stay aligned with what educators and students actually need
• You will help position Synopsys as the go-to partner for electronics engineering education, strengthening long-term adoption in the next generation of engineering professionals
• Your on-campus presence and technical workshops will create memorable learning experiences that turn students into confident users of Synopsys tools
• You will contribute…