Validation​/Verification Eng, Sr Manager

Position: Validation / Verification Eng, Sr Manager-17415
The Hiring manager is open to hiring at a Manager / Sr.Manager level for this position.

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 the lab, hands on oscilloscopes and network analyzers, watching silicon behave in ways the simulation never predicted. You know that the gap between a design that works on paper and one that ships is filled with late nights debugging signal integrity issues, hunting down noise sources, and figuring out why the eye diagram looks nothing like it should.

You have done the work yourself, and now you know how to lead others through it.

Managing people energizes you, especially when those people are a mix of analog designers who think in differential pairs and hardware engineers who think in board stackups. You translate between these worlds naturally because you have lived in both. You know when to step into a debug session and when to let your team figure it out. You see patterns across test failures that others miss, and you can explain what is happening in a way that gets everyone pointed in the same direction.

At Synopsys, you will lead validation for high-speed Ser Des PHYs that go into real products. The lab is well-equipped, the problems are hard, and your team will look to you to make the call when things get messy.

What You'll Be Doing

* Lead a cross-functional Silicon Validation team of analog designers and hardware engineers testing high-speed Ser Des PHY implementations in a state-of-the-art lab

* Own the review and debug process for silicon under test, guiding your team through signal integrity issues, performance anomalies, and circuit behavior investigations

* Oversee characterization test execution and the creation of detailed test reports that meet project timelines and quality standards

* Coordinate the development of custom test boards and hardware solutions to support debugging, characterization, and bring-up activities

* Mentor team members on debugging techniques, lab equipment usage, and the application of analog circuit theory to explain real-world silicon behavior

* Collaborate with design, product engineering, and IP teams to align validation results with project goals and drive design improvements

* Build and maintain a lab environment that supports effective testing of high-speed interfaces including USB, PCI Express, SATA, and Ethernet

What You'll Need

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field, advanced degree preferred

* Extensive hands-on experience in analog IC circuit design and validation, specifically with high-speed circuits and Ser Des PHYs

* Proven track record leading and managing technical teams, ideally cross-functional groups with both design and hardware engineering backgrounds

* Strong debugging skills using lab equipment including oscilloscopes, network analyzers, and high-speed probing tools

* Solid understanding of high-speed interface protocols such as USB, PCI Express, SATA, and Ethernet

* Experience with NRZ and PAM4 encoding techniques and their impact on signal integrity and testing

* Familiarity with software programming in MATLAB or Python for test automation and data analysis is a plus, basic knowledge of FPGA programming in Verilog is advantageous

The Impact You Will Have

* Enable successful tape-outs by catching and resolving silicon issues early, and accelerating time to market for high-speed Ser Des IP

* Build a validation team that becomes known internally for thorough characterization, clear test reports, and reliable data that design teams trust

* Improve debug efficiency across the team by establishing best practices, mentoring on advanced techniques, and creating reusable test frameworks

* Contribute directly to the quality and competitiveness of Synopsys Ser Des IP by ensuring silicon meets performance specifications under real-world conditions

* Strengthen collaboration between analog design and hardware engineering, creating a validation process that catches issues neither group would find alone

* Develop engineers who can move fluidly between theory and practice, building bench skills and circuit intuition that make them stronger contributors

* Shape lab infrastructure and tooling decisions that will support Ser Des validation for the next generation of high-speed standards

Who You Are

* You can walk into a debug session where the team is stuck, look at the scope trace, ask three questions, and point them toward the actual problem

* You balance giving your team autonomy with staying close enough to catch when they are heading down a path that will not work, and you course-correct without making them feel…