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Synopsys

Applications Engineering, Sr Staff Engineer

Synopsys
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senior full-time Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do

First indexed 27 Aug 2026

Description

You are a highly motivated and innovative individual with a strong background in emulation and prototyping methodologies. You will collaborate closely with R&D and customers on hardware-assisted verification products, driving all aspects of the technology life cycle, from development to product sign-off and customer deployment.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborating closely with R&D and customers on hardware-assisted verification products.
  • Driving all aspects of the technology life cycle, from development to product sign-off and customer deployment.
  • Defining test strategies and methodologies to improve ease-of-use, quality of results, and interoperability with other Synopsys tools.
  • Becoming an expert in emulation and prototyping methodologies and flows, including design, partitioning, testing, synthesis, and simulation-based verification.
  • Leveraging your close interaction with customers, R&D, Marketing, and Sales teams to demonstrate the differentiated emulation/verification environment.
  • Adapting to recognized best practices and policies in Synopsys to become proficient in various processes involved in the Product Release Cycle.
  • Working with designs from varied verticals to enable and support key ZeBu products in early-stage development.

The Impact You Will Have:

  • Enhancing Synopsys' emulation and prototyping solutions by driving technology development and customer deployment.
  • Improving the ease-of-use, quality of results, and interoperability of Synopsys tools, contributing to overall product excellence.
  • Providing expert consultation for solving complex problems, thereby increasing customer satisfaction and product adoption.
  • Ensuring successful execution of projects from start to completion, contributing to the timely delivery of high-quality products.
  • Supporting the advancement of cutting-edge designs in various verticals such as HPC, AI, storage, networking, and automotive.
  • Facilitating the proliferation of Synopsys' differentiated emulation/verification environment through close collaboration with multiple teams.

Requirements:

  • BSEE/MS with 10+ years of related experience.
  • Expertise in Emulation and/or Prototyping flows, systems, and methodologies.
  • Strong proficiency in Verilog, System Verilog, VHDL and C/C++
  • Understanding of verification concepts and experience with functional simulators.
  • Experience with scripting languages like Python and Tcl
  • Knowledge in Simulation flows, Assertion, DPI, and Transactors.
  • Complex problem-solving and debugging skills.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to interact with customers and peers.
  • Knowledge in synthesis and timing analysis concepts (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Synopsys solutions and tools like ZeBu, HAPS, VCS, Verdi, Proto Compiler, Synplify, DC, and Formality (preferred).
  • Experience with Xilinx & Altera architecture and toolchains (preferred).
  • Protocols like PCIe, USB, Ethernet, DRAMs, HBM, NAND Flash (preferred).
  • Computing systems like CPU architecture, OS (preferred)
  • Understanding of SW/HW debug methodologies and experience with standard SW/HW debug tools (preferred).
  • DFT solutions (preferred)
This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/seongnam-si/applications-engineering-sr-staff-engineer/44408/99783027792