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Applications Engineering, Sr. Staff Engineer

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hybrid senior full-time $173,000 per year Austin, Texas

First indexed 12 Jul 2026

Description

We are seeking an experienced Applications Engineering, Sr. Staff Engineer to work in Austin, Texas. The successful candidate will lead the deployment and support of software products and systems, developing strategic technical campaigns and providing refined requirements to drive new product features.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead technical campaigns to successful completion
  • Work independently and as a member of a team, motivating others
  • Develop and deliver training and education to customers
  • Mentor junior engineers
  • Negotiate success criteria with customers for critical technical campaigns
  • Provide accurate and thorough work in a timely manner
  • Apply expertise in voltage drop, electromigration, KCL/KVL, extraction, and circuit solving
  • Work on VLSI EDA backend tools and software, including Totem, Totem-SC, Pathfinder, Pathfinder-SC, and Redhawk-SC
  • Support advanced technology nodes, including 10nm, 7nm, 5nm, and 3nm
  • Collaborate with customers, IP providers, and foundries to understand design challenges and translate them into EDA specifications

Requirements:

  • Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a related field, and six years of experience in a related position
  • Alternatively, a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical or Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, and eight years of experience in a related position
  • Experience with TCL and Python
  • Experience with semiconductor and systems design, specializing in digital, analog, mixed-signal, and RF
  • Experience with large-scale commercial software support
  • Experience with simulation methodologies, running simulation benchmarks, modeling, and simulation of engineered products and processes
  • Experience with triage workflow issues

Rate of pay: $173,000 per year

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