Applications Engineering, Principal Engineer

We Are

• Deploy and evaluate Synopsys ZeBu emulation solutions at customer sites, working hands-on with their ASIC and SoC design teams to get systems up and running
• Debug complex technical issues spanning emulation hardware platforms like ZeBu, Palladium, or Veloce, tracing problems through design, compile flows, and hardware mapping
• Provide pre-sales technical evaluations that help customers understand how ZeBu fits their verification strategy and post-sales support that keeps their projects moving
• Work with customers on both virtual prototyping solutions and physical FPGA-based platforms or development kits, recommending the right approach based on their design and schedule
• Develop technical collateral including application notes, reference flows, and best practice guides that help customers adopt and scale emulation in their environments
• Collaborate with Synopsys sales, marketing, and R&D teams to translate customer needs into product requirements and feed real-world deployment learnings back into the platform roadmap
• Manage multiple customer engagements simultaneously, prioritizing tasks and coordinating with team members to ensure timely resolution of technical issues

• Enable customers to successfully deploy emulation on complex ASIC and SoC designs that would otherwise be impossible to verify at speed
• Reduce time-to-tapeout for customers by resolving critical verification bottlenecks and helping them build robust emulation environments
• Drive adoption of ZeBu across new customer accounts and expand usage within existing ones by proving the platform's value in real deployments
• Shape the future direction of Synopsys emulation products by feeding detailed customer feedback and deployment learnings directly to R&D
• Build long-term customer relationships based on technical credibility and the ability to solve problems that matter to their schedules
• Contribute to the success of some of the most advanced semiconductor designs in development today, from AI accelerators to next-generation processors

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in emulation or prototyping working on real ASIC or SoC verification projects
• Direct experience with hardware emulation platforms such as Palladium, ZeBu, or Veloce, including deployment, debugging, and customer support
• Strong debugging skills with the ability to trace issues across design, emulation compile flows, and hardware platforms
• Experience with virtual prototyping solutions and physical FPGA-based platforms or development kits
• Proficiency in HDLs such as Verilog and VHDL, and HVLs like SystemVerilog, with the ability to read and debug complex testbenches
• Excellent communication skills and a customer service mindset, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in team environments and manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• You can walk into a customer site where the emulation run is failing and within an hour have a hypothesis about what is wrong, whether it is in the design, the compile, or the platform configuration
• You are comfortable managing three customer escalations at once, knowing which one needs your attention right now and which one can wait until tomorrow without creating a problem
• You can explain why a virtual prototype makes more sense than an FPGA-based solution for early software development to a customer who has already bought the FPGA boards, and do it in a way that helps rather than frustrates
• You do not disappear when a problem gets hard, you pull in the right people, coordinate the debug effort, and stay with it until the customer is unblocked
• You are task-oriented enough to keep detailed notes on every customer interaction and organized enough that someone else on your team can pick up where you left off if needed
• You genuinely enjoy working with customers and take pride in the fact that they call you first when something breaks because they trust you will help them fix it

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.

In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request. The base salary range for this role is across the U.S.