Synopsys

Descriptions & Requirements

Job Description and Requirements

As an Applications Engineer (AE) you will partner with our customers and internal teams to design and deploy solutions for their ASIC/SoC designs using Synopsys IIP (Interface Intellectual Property) portfolio. 

This is a pre-sales customer support role, and it is perfect for someone who is looking to develop a mix of technical and interpersonal skills and is committed to the success of our customers.

General responsibilities include:

• Provide support to the regional AE teams to identify and solve our customers’ technical challenges
• Provide customers with all the necessary technical clarifications and metrics about IIP products (e.g. features, performance, power, latency, and area)
• Develop appropriate solutions & collateral for customers 
• Influencing the IP product development roadmap by communicating customer needs to the respective business units.

Development opportunities:

• Develop knowledge and technical expertise in semiconductor industry reference interface protocols: e.g., PCIe/CXL, DDR, MIPI, Ethernet, UCIe and AMBA
• Exposure to many different applications and support of customer bleeding edge projects
• Continuous learning opportunities and training
• Contribute to internal processes improvements

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields
• Microelectronics Digital or Analog Design Knowledge
• Familiarity with UNIX operating systems
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills
• Team player characteristics

Nice to Have Qualifications:

• Prior experience or technical familiarity on the above refered interface protocols
• Prior experience with Synopsys EDA tools
• Prior experience in application engineering or another direct customer facing role

Our Silicon IP business is all about integrating more capabilities into an SoC—faster. We offer the world’s broadest portfolio of silicon IP—predesigned blocks of logic, memory, interfaces, analog, security, and embedded processors. All to help customers integrate more capabilities. Meet unique performance, power, and size requirements of their target applications. And get differentiated products to market quickly with reduced risk. 

At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.

Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.

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.