R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer
Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Embedded Systems
In short
Synopsys is seeking an R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer in Austin, Texas to work on semiconductor EDA software. This role involves supporting customer evaluations, analyzing designs, reproducing issues, and collaborating with R&D and Product Management. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in a related field with at least 5 years of experience in semiconductor EDA and simulation.
Responsibilities
- Support customer evaluations, pilots, and production deployments of RedHawk-SC Electrothermal technologies across thermal, power integrity, EM/IR, and advanced packaging workflows.
- Analyze customer designs and workflows, reproduce technical issues, isolate root causes, and deliver practical solutions or escalate with test cases and clear technical evidence to R&D.
- Gather field and customer requirements and translate them into clear use cases, functional requirements, and validation criteria that Product Management and R&D can act on.
- Validate new features and capabilities against real customer scenarios, document results and limitations, and provide structured feedback on product readiness, quality, and usability.
- Develop application notes, best-practice guides, training materials, and reusable deployment collateral for thermal, electrothermal, stress, and chip-package-system workflows.
- Conduct technical reviews, demonstrations, workshops, and training sessions for customers, field teams, and application engineers.
- Partner with Application Engineering to deliver technically accurate and timely responses to customer escalations and deployment challenges.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related field with at least 5 years of related experience, or Master's degree with at least 3 years of experience.
- Comprehensive technical knowledge in semiconductor EDA, thermal analysis, electrothermal simulation, power integrity, EM/IR, reliability, signal integrity, mechanical stress, package analysis, or multiphysics simulation.
- Experience applying engineering judgment to solve diverse technical problems and independently delivering defined technical projects from start to finish.
- Ability to analyze simulation results, identify root causes, and communicate findings and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to interact effectively with customers and cross-functional teams.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with RedHawk-SC, RedHawk-SC Electrothermal, Totem, PrimePower, PrimeTime, Fusion Compiler, 3DIC Compiler, or comparable EDA and multiphysics tools is a strong plus.
- Experience with 2.5D/3DIC, chiplets, HBM, interposers, package/board modeling, co-packaged optics, or heterogeneous integration is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries.
- 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.
- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.
- In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.
- Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.
- Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24 month look-back.
- Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.
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Company
Synopsys Inc
Job Posted
2 weeks ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
Austin, United States
Qualification
Bachelor
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