# Senior/Staff Application Engineer - Physical Design

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh
**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/Staff Application Engineer - Physical Design to provide technical support and engineering solutions for advanced Physical Design implementation flows. You will work closely with semiconductor customers to debug, optimize, and improve Physical Design methodologies across the design cycle.

Responsibilities:

- Provide technical support and engineering solutions for advanced Physical Design implementation flows

- Work closely with semiconductor customers to debug, optimize, and improve Physical Design methodologies across the design cycle

- Collaborate with worldwide Application Engineers and R&D teams to reproduce customer issues, analyze root causes, and deliver timely solutions

- Drive technical engagements involving floorplanning, placement, optimization, CTS, routing, timing closure, and PPA improvement

- Conduct technical presentations, customer trainings, methodology reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions

- Support adoption of Synopsys Physical Design solutions including Fusion Compiler, ICC2, and related implementation technologies

Key Skills & Experience:

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

- Strong hands-on experience with Synopsys Fusion Compiler and/or IC Compiler II (ICC2)

- Solid understanding of Physical Design methodologies including Floorplanning, Placement, CTS, Routing, Timing Closure, DRC/LVS Closure, and PPA optimization

- Good knowledge of STA, extraction, physical verification, and signoff methodologies

- Experience with PrimeTime (PT), StarRC, IC Validator (ICV), DSO.ai, or AI-driven optimization technologies is a plus

- Familiarity with Tcl, Perl, Python, or Shell scripting

- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and customer-facing skills

- Excellent communication skills in English

## Skills

### Required
- ASIC Physical Design
- Design Implementation
- Application Engineering
- Synopsys Fusion Compiler
- IC Compiler II (ICC2)
- Physical Design methodologies
- STA
- extraction
- physical verification
- signoff methodologies
- Tcl
- Perl
- Python
- Shell scripting
- PrimeTime (PT)
- StarRC
- IC Validator (ICV)
- DSO.ai

### Nice to have
- Experience with PrimeTime (PT)
- AI-driven optimization technologies

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