# Senior R&D Engineer

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

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior R&D Engineer to join our team in Canonsburg, PA. As a Senior R&D Engineer, you will be responsible for the development of software products and supporting systems. You will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives.

Responsibilities:

- Participate in planning, architecture, and research

- Perform complex development activities that may require extensive analysis in areas including user experience, software design, and solver research

- Employ best practices and help to maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring

- Perform complex bug verification, release testing, and beta support for assigned products

- Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develop solutions

- Research and understand the marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria, and competitive issues

- Work independently with minimal supervision and may take on some planning and mentoring responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications:

- PhD or foreign equivalent in Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field of study

- Alternatively, Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field of study, and three years of experience in a related position, or a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field of study, and five years of experience in a related position

- Experience with development of iterative solvers and preconditioners for sparse linear systems, including Krylov subspace methods and solvers for generalized eigenvalue problems

- Experience with high-performance computing methods, including distributed memory and shared memory parallel programming, with GPU programming, in C, C++, and Fortran for large-scale numerical analysis programs

- Experience using commercial and open-source linear algebra packages to implement numerical simulation workflows for computer-aided engineering

- Experience with industrial simulation software development, including commercial code management, build, debugging, and testing tools

- Knowledge of error estimation for adaptive linear solvers in finite element, finite volume, and finite difference methods for the solution of structures and fluid problems

- Knowledge of matrix approximation techniques like low-rank approximation, deflation, and randomized decomposition

Benefits:

- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans

- Time away, including company holidays, ETO, and FTO programs

- Family support, including maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption, and surrogacy assistance

- ESPP, allowing purchase of Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount

- Retirement plans that vary by region and country

## Skills

### Required
- Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Iterative solvers
- Preconditioners
- Krylov subspace methods
- High-performance computing
- GPU programming
- Linear algebra packages
- Industrial simulation software development

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