# Staff Application Engineer – Physical Design

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Da Nang
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**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.

As a Staff Application Engineer – Physical Design, you will provide advanced technical leadership and customer support for Synopsys Physical Design solutions across advanced technology nodes.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading strategic customer engagements, driving technical methodologies, deployment success, and solution adoption for complex implementation challenges.

- Taking ownership of critical escalations, resolving complex design issues, and influencing solution development through close collaboration with R&D teams.

- Driving technical campaigns, methodology innovations, benchmarking activities, and best practices across customer programs.

- Acting as a trusted technical advisor to customers, helping define implementation strategies and achieve optimal PPA and design convergence.

- Mentoring and guiding Application Engineers while contributing to knowledge development and organizational capability growth.

The ideal candidate will have:

- 5+ years of experience in ASIC Physical Design, Design Implementation, or Application Engineering.

- Deep expertise in advanced Physical Design flows including Floorplanning, Placement, Optimization, CTS, Routing, Timing Closure, Signoff, and Design Convergence.

- Strong hands-on experience with Fusion Compiler, ICC2, and implementation methodologies at advanced technology nodes.

- Proven experience supporting complex customer engagements and driving issue resolution across cross-functional teams.

- Strong understanding of STA, extraction, physical verification, signoff, and methodology development.

- Experience with PrimeTime, StarRC, IC Validator, DSO.ai, or AI-driven implementation technologies.

- Strong scripting capabilities using Tcl, Perl, Python, or Shell.

- Demonstrated leadership through mentoring, technical ownership, or leading major customer initiatives.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Ability to influence customer success, technology adoption, and business growth.

## Skills

### Required
- ASIC Physical Design
- Design Implementation
- Application Engineering
- Physical Design flows
- Fusion Compiler
- ICC2
- STA
- extraction
- physical verification
- signoff
- methodology development
- PrimeTime
- StarRC
- IC Validator
- DSO.ai
- Tcl
- Perl
- Python
- Shell

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