Applications Engineering, Staff Engineer

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 have spent enough time in verification to know that when a simulation runs for three days and still has not finished, emulation is what saves the project. You understand the fundamentals of RTL, test benches, and verification flows, but you are ready to specialize in the hardware platforms that make large-scale verification possible. Debugging does not intimidate you. When something breaks, you dig into waveforms, trace signals, check configurations, and work the problem until it makes sense.

Working with customers energizes you. You like being the person who answers the call when a design will not compile or a testbench is behaving strangely on hardware. You do not need to know everything upfront. You are comfortable saying 'let me look into that' and then actually doing it. Multitasking comes naturally because you have learned how to keep track of what is blocking whom and what needs attention next.

At Synopsys, you will support ZeBu emulation systems for customers building chips that power AI, automotive systems, and high-performance computing. You will work alongside experienced engineers who will teach you the deep stuff while you handle real customer problems that matter right now.

• Deploy and configure ZeBu emulation systems for customer evaluations and production verification environments
• Debug customer design issues by working through RTL code, test benches, emulation tool configurations, and hardware logs to isolate root causes
• Support presales activities by setting up proof-of-concept environments, running customer designs on ZeBu, and demonstrating how emulation fits their verification flow
• Provide post-sales technical support, troubleshooting tool behavior, answering methodology questions, and escalating complex issues to R&D when needed
• Collaborate with senior applications engineers and product teams to resolve customer problems and learn emulation best practices
• Document technical solutions, create customer-facing notes, and contribute to internal knowledge base content that helps the broader team
• Participate in customer calls and onsite visits to understand design challenges and communicate solutions clearly in real time

• Accelerate customer time to productivity by getting ZeBu systems deployed faster and reducing setup friction
• Keep verification schedules on track by resolving technical blockers that would otherwise stall customer projects
• Build trust with customers through responsive, clear, and solution-focused support that makes them want to come back to Synopsys
• Strengthen the team's knowledge base by documenting solutions and surfacing patterns that help everyone work smarter
• Identify recurring customer pain points that inform product improvements and better support workflows
• Enable broader adoption of emulation by making the technology more approachable and easier to integrate into existing verification environments
• Support customers who are verifying the chips that will power the next wave of AI, autonomous vehicles, and data center infrastructure

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 2 to 4 years working in IC design, ASIC verification, emulation, or FPGA-based prototyping
• Solid understanding of ASIC verification methodologies and how simulation-based verification flows are structured
• Proficiency with Verilog or VHDL, you can read RTL code and spot common design or testbench issues
• Working knowledge of how verification environments are built, including test benches, stimulus generation, and checking mechanisms
• Strong communication skills, you can write a clear technical email and explain a complex issue on a customer call without losing the thread
• Experience with System Verilog, UVM, C/C++, Python, or Tcl scripting is a plus, as is hands-on work with Palladium, ZeBu, Veloce, or other hardware emulation or prototyping platforms

• You take ownership of customer problems even when the path to resolution is not obvious, you figure out what you need to…