# Principal Front-End Design Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Sunnyvale, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $191000-$286000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

**Apply**: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/sunnyvale/principal-front-end-design-engineer/44408/102251697456?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

As a Principal Front-End Design Engineer at Synopsys, you will lead methodology, subsystem architecture, and AI-enabled design innovation across IP and SoC development. You will build scalable design solutions, improve engineering productivity, and drive best practices across global teams.

**Responsibilities**

- Develop and deploy AI-driven solutions for verification, synthesis, constraints, and DFT workflows.

- Architect reusable subsystem reference designs for Synopsys IP.

- Debug and optimize front-end design methodologies and automation flows.

- Drive adoption of best practices across design and verification teams.

- Collaborate with EDA, IP, and customer-facing engineers to solve complex design challenges.

- Mentor engineers through technical leadership and knowledge sharing.

**Requirements**

- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

- 10+ years of ASIC, SoC, or IP design and verification experience.

- Expertise in verification, synthesis, timing constraints, DFT, CDC/RDC, or lint methodologies.

- Strong experience with Synopsys tools such as VCS, VC SpyGlass, Fusion Compiler, Design Compiler, and TestMAX.

- Proficient in SystemVerilog, UVM, Tcl, Python, or similar languages.

- Demonstrated technical leadership and influence across cross-functional engineering teams.

**Benefits**

- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans

- Time away programs

- Family support

- ESPP

- Retirement plans

- Competitive salaries

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- ASIC
- SoC
- IP design
- verification
- synthesis
- DFT
- CDC/RDC
- lint methodologies
- SystemVerilog
- UVM
- Tcl
- Python
- Synopsys tools

### Nice to have
- AI-driven solutions
- subsystem architecture
- AI-enabled design innovation
- technical leadership

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