# Principal Applications Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Sunnyvale, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $184000-$276000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Principal Applications Engineer to join our team. As a trusted advisor for our Interface IP customers, you will provide technical guidance through IP usage, configuration, and addressing integration challenges.

You will support customers in feature-specific requirement assessment and integration into the complex ecosystem, assist with silicon/system bring-up and debugging of critical issues, and collaborate with internal teams to enable and deliver tailored solutions to customers.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Acting as a trusted advisor for Interface IP customers

- Supporting customers in feature-specific requirement assessment and integration

- Assisting with silicon/system bring-up and debugging of critical issues

- Collaborating with internal teams to enable and deliver tailored solutions

- Staying updated with the latest industry specifications and applications

- Participating in occasional travel to support customer engagements and silicon bring-up activities

The impact you will have:

- Enhance the usability and adoption of Synopsys' Interface IP products

- Facilitate successful integration of IP into customer designs

- Improve customer satisfaction by resolving technical issues efficiently

- Drive innovation by working with cutting-edge technologies and industry specifications

- Strengthen Synopsys' market position through successful customer engagements and support

Requirements:

- Bachelor's and/or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar with a focus on VLSI design

- At least 10 years of design, verification, or application engineering experience

- Proficiency in RTL coding using Verilog/VHDL

- Experience with high-speed protocols such as Ethernet or PCIe

- Hands-on experience with simulation, synthesis, and static timing analysis (STA)

- Familiarity with UNIX environments and ASIC/SoC tape-out processes

- Knowledge of CDC, RDC, Lint, DFT, STA, and LEC is a plus

Benefits: We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs.

## Skills

### Required
- VLSI design
- high-speed protocols
- Ethernet
- PCIe
- RTL coding
- Verilog
- VHDL
- simulation
- synthesis
- static timing analysis
- STA
- UNIX environments
- ASIC/SoC tape-out processes

### Nice to have
- CDC
- RDC
- Lint
- DFT
- LEC

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