Senior Applications Engineer, Fusion Compiler

You are a Senior Applications Engineer, Fusion Compiler at Synopsys, a leading provider of engineering solutions from silicon to systems. Your expertise lies in the RTL2GDS flow, particularly in the physical design implementation and design closure using Synopsys tools.

Your responsibilities include:

• Supporting customers through physical design implementation and design closure using Synopsys tools
• Debugging complex design challenges across timing, power, area, congestion, routing, and runtime optimization at advanced process nodes including 5nm and below
• Helping customers achieve implementation closure while meeting aggressive tapeout schedules and design quality requirements
• Providing technical guidance on best practices for synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, power optimization, and advanced implementation methodologies
• Building and maintaining automation scripts in Python, Perl, and TCL to streamline workflows and improve turnaround time for customer engagements
• Utilizing AI-powered tools and workflows to improve productivity, accelerate issue resolution, and enhance customer support effectiveness
• Collaborating with internal R&D teams to reproduce customer issues, validate tool behavior, and feed real-world use cases back into product development
• Presenting technical solutions and recommendations to senior customer engineers and design leads during critical project phases
• Working across the full RTL-to-GDS flow, from implementation through signoff and tapeout readiness

As a Senior Applications Engineer, you will have a significant impact on:

• Enabling customers to achieve first-pass silicon success on high-performance chips powering AI, automotive, networking, and mobile applications
• Improving customer productivity by helping them maximize the value of Fusion Compiler and advanced implementation methodologies
• Reducing customer tapeout risk by identifying and resolving implementation challenges early in the design cycle
• Influencing Synopsys tool development by bringing real customer pain points and use cases directly to engineering teams
• Accelerating customer productivity through automation, AI-assisted workflows, and best-practice methodologies that become adopted across their organizations
• Building long-term technical relationships with leading semiconductor companies in the region, becoming their trusted advisor for implementation and design closure challenges
• Helping shape how advanced-node designs are implemented by solving problems at the edge of what today's tools and methodologies can achieve
• Strengthening Synopsys's reputation as the partner that shows up when the hard problems need solving

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with at least 5-8 years of hands-on ASIC, physical design, implementation, or CAD engineering experience
• Direct experience with RTL-to-GDS implementation flows, including synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and physical design optimization
• Strong working knowledge of Fusion Compiler, ICC2, or equivalent digital implementation tools
• Understanding of timing, power, congestion, routing, and design closure methodologies
• Working knowledge of Formality, Formality ECO, PrimeTime, or related EDA tools is a strong advantage
• Proficiency in scripting with Python, Perl, and TCL to automate design tasks and improve workflow efficiency
• Experience with advanced process nodes (7nm and below) is a strong plus, especially if you have worked through design closure challenges at those nodes
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools and automation technologies to improve engineering productivity and problem-solving effectiveness
• Business-level English proficiency with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly in written and spoken form
• Willingness to engage directly with customers, including senior engineers and design managers, in both remote and onsite settings

You will be part of a dynamic team focused on Fusion Compiler deployment, advanced-node implementation, design closure, and achieving best-in-class PPA results.