# R&D Engineering, Sr Staff Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Sunnyvale
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $165,000-$248,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

At Synopsys, we drive the innovations that shape the way we live and connect. Our technology is central to the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning machines. We lead in chip design, verification, and IP integration, empowering the creation of high-performance silicon chips and software content.

You are an accomplished engineering leader with over 6-8 years of experience in developing large-scale applications, particularly within the EDA domain. Your expertise spans the entire lifecycle of solution development,from initial specification to hands-on implementation, customer engagement, and iterative refinement. You thrive in environments that demand both deep technical prowess and strong leadership, and you are passionate about mentoring the next generation of engineers.

You possess a keen understanding of physical design, with proven experience in placement, routing, and the intricacies of advanced node constraints. Your approach to software design is rooted in Design Thinking and the strategic use of design patterns. You are comfortable owning complex projects, navigating ambiguity, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions. Your communication skills enable you to convey technical concepts to both peers and customers, ensuring clarity and alignment. Above all, you are committed to continuous innovation, operational excellence, and sharing your knowledge to elevate the team’s collective capability.

Enabling GPU Acceleration for Fusion Compiler entire R2G flow. This includes GPU acceleration of each of the engine in R2G flow with new problem formulation to take advantage of GPU architectures. These engines include placement, global routing, detail routing, CTS, optimization, timer, extraction, legalizer and synthesis.

Owning projects end-to-end,from requirements gathering and design specification to development, testing, and customer interaction,ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including product management and product engineering.

Delivering  GPU Accelerated Fusion Compiler, which will be game changing for chip design and implementation steps by reducing flow cycle times from weeks to days (or hours).

Empowering Synopsys customers to achieve faster turn around time and accelerating their design cycles and reducing time to market.

Elevating the technical excellence of the team by sharing best practices, fostering a culture of learning, and mentoring future leaders.

Shaping the roadmap for Digital Implementation solutions, ensuring that Synopsys remains at the forefront of EDA technology.

## Skills

### Required
- C/C++ development
- physical design
- placement
- routing
- advanced node constraints
- Design Thinking
- design patterns
- GPU acceleration
- Fusion Compiler
- R2G flow

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