R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer

You will join Synopsys, the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products.

As a Staff Engineer in R&D Engineering, you will work on meshing and computational geometry technology that powers simulation and analysis workflows used across the industry.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain meshing and computational geometry algorithms in C++ for production simulation and analysis products
• Build and optimize geometric data structures, surface and volume mesh generators, and geometric processing pipelines
• Debug complex geometry-related issues across large codebases, diagnosing problems in mesh quality, numerical robustness, and algorithm correctness
• Translate mathematical and geometric concepts into efficient, maintainable, production-quality software
• Collaborate with R&D engineers across simulation, CAD, and analysis teams to align meshing capabilities with evolving product needs
• Improve performance, scalability, and robustness of existing meshing and geometry-processing components
• Contribute to architecture decisions that affect how geometric data flows through Synopsys simulation tools

The Impact You Will Have

• Your meshing algorithms will directly affect the quality and reliability of simulations used by engineers designing next-generation chips and systems
• Robust geometry processing you build will reduce downstream failures in analysis workflows, saving engineering teams time and frustration
• Performance improvements you make will enable larger, more complex models to be meshed and simulated efficiently
• Code you write will become part of production tools used across Synopsys' simulation and analysis product portfolio
• Your contributions to geometric robustness will help customers move from CAD to simulation with fewer manual interventions and cleaner workflows
• Algorithmic improvements you develop will strengthen Synopsys' position in the simulation and analysis market
• Your work will support the broader R&D team's ability to deliver high-quality meshing technology that scales with customer needs

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience or an advanced degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computational Geometry, or a related technical field
• 3+ years of hands-on software development experience, or advanced degree with relevant research or project work
• Strong proficiency in C++ for building complex, performance-sensitive software systems
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented software development
• Experience with geometric algorithms, computational geometry, CAD development, meshing, geometry processing, or closely related areas
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly translating mathematical or geometric concepts into working code
• Experience with meshing, mesh generation, surface/volume meshes, or 2D/3D geometric algorithms is a strong plus. Master's or PhD with focus on computational geometry, meshing, geometric modeling, or CAD is preferred

Who You Are

• You can take a geometric problem described in a research paper or a bug report and turn it into a concrete implementation plan without needing someone to hold your hand
• Debugging a tricky mesh failure or numerical instability issue does not make you want to give up; it makes you curious about what is actually happening under the hood
• You care about code quality and maintainability because you know someone else will need to understand and extend what you build six months from now
• You can explain a complex geometric tradeoff to another engineer in plain language without losing the technical nuance
• You are comfortable working independently on hard technical problems, but you also know when to ask for input or collaborate with the team
• You think about performance and scalability as part of the design process, not something you bolt on later

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.