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Staff Application Engineer- Physical Design at Synopsys

Location
Sunnyvale, California
Level
senior
Posted

Description

Synopsys is hiring a customer-facing physical design engineer to support semiconductor customers with advanced-node ASIC design flows. The role involves debugging placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, and power issues; developing methodology recommendations; running benchmarks and proof-of-concept flows; translating customer needs into product requirements; and presenting technical content to engineering teams and management. The engineer will also travel to customer sites for onsite support, training, and design reviews. The position requires a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent with 7+ years of ASIC physical design experience, or a master's degree with 5+ years, along with deep experience in RTL-to-GDS flows, Synopsys backend tools, static timing analysis, and advanced-node design challenges.

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