Applications Engineering, Principal Engineer

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In short

Principal Applications Engineer to support customers in Digital Design Verification, a critical stage of chip development. This role combines strong technical verification skills with customer-facing and pre-sales engagement, requiring 8-13 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

  • Engage directly with customers to understand their verification needs.
  • Support pre-sales activities: demos, technical evaluations, benchmarks, methodology guidance.
  • Improve customer verification flows and testbench architectures.
  • Debug RTL/gate-level simulation issues and SystemVerilog/UVM environments.
  • Analyse functional and code coverage.
  • Develop and debug SystemVerilog assertions.
  • Collaborate with Sales to grow adoption and identify new opportunities.
  • Act as the technical voice of the customer to R&D.

Requirements

  • Typically requires 8–13 years of relevant experience.
  • Strong knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog, UVM, coverage, and assertions.
  • Experience in customer interaction, pre-sales, or technical support is a plus.
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Flexibility to travel to customer sites, typically one or two days per week.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits.
  • Total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.
  • Recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.

Skills

VerilogSystemVerilogUVM
#chip design#verification#IP integration#EDA
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Smart, Secure Everything—From Silicon to Software Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way we live and work. The Internet of Things. Autonomous cars. Wearables. Smart medical devices. Secure financial services. Machine learning and computer vision. These breakthroughs are ushering in the era of Smart, Secure Everything―where devices are getting smarter, everything’s connected, and everything must be secure. Powering this new era of technology are advanced silicon chips, which are made even smarter by the remarkable software that drives them. Synopsys is at…

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Company

Synopsys Inc

Job Posted

3 days ago

Employment Type

Full Time

Work mode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Reading, United Kingdom

Qualification

Bachelor

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