# Applications Engineering, Principal Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

**Apply**: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/seongnam-si/applications-engineering-principal-engineer/44408/100063255120?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

You will be a pre-sales, customer-facing Applications Engineer (FAE) partnering with Sales and internal teams to drive technical discovery, solution definition, customer evaluations, and technical closure for Interface IP opportunities across Korea.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Owning the pre-sales technical lifecycle for Interface IP opportunities

- Working directly with customer SoC architects and design teams to understand requirements and constraints

- Leading technical evaluations and IP selection processes

- Partnering with Sales/Account teams to shape win strategies and qualify opportunities

- Driving customer-facing technical engagements such as architecture workshops and design reviews

- Supporting competitive situations with strong technical differentiation

- Translating customer issues into actionable engineering requests and ensuring timely resolution

You will need:

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or related field with 12+ years of experience

- Strong hands-on background in ASIC/SoC design and/or verification

- Technical expertise in at least one major Interface IP domain such as SerDes, PCIe, DDR, USB, MIPI, D2D, or Ethernet

- Proven experience in a customer-facing pre-sales technical role

- Strong communication skills in Korean and English (written and verbal)

The impact you will have:

- Enabling customers to de-risk SoC programs by selecting the right IP early

- Accelerating IP adoption and customer success across Korea

- Increasing technical win rates by driving high-quality discovery and evaluation success

- Reducing escalations and project friction by proactively identifying gaps

- Strengthening Synopsys credibility with customer engineering teams and executives

## Skills

### Required
- ASIC/SoC design
- verification
- Interface IP
- SerDes
- PCIe
- DDR
- USB
- MIPI
- D2D
- Ethernet
- Korean language
- English language

### Nice to have
- program management
- project leadership

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Source: [Apply at careers.synopsys.com](https://careers.synopsys.com/job/seongnam-si/applications-engineering-principal-engineer/44408/100063255120?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)