# R&D Engineering, Principal Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Hillsboro, Oregon
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166000-$249000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

Synopsys software engineers are key enablers in the world of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), developing and maintaining software used in chip design, verification and manufacturing. They work on assignments like designing, developing, and troubleshooting software, leveraging the state-of-the-art technologies like AI/ML, GenAI and Cloud. Their critical contributions enable world-wide EDA designers to extend the frontiers of semiconductors and chip development.

You have spent 10+ years keeping compute infrastructure running for engineers who need it to just work, not sort of work, actually work when they are pushing a deadline or running a critical simulation at 2 a.m. You know that the difference between a good HPC environment and one that slows down a product launch is usually a decision about job scheduling, storage latency, or cloud bursting made six weeks earlier, and you are the kind of engineer who sees that coming and fixes it before anyone files a ticket.

You will work with engineering teams building the tools that design the chips that power everything. The compute environments you manage are not back-office infrastructure. They are the platform that makes the work possible.

Responsibilities:

- Enable engineering teams across Synopsys IPG to use on-premises and cloud compute environments for design, verification, and simulation workloads

- Translate requirements from business, engineering, cybersecurity, and data governance stakeholders into a technical roadmap and execute on it

- Manage and optimize job scheduler environments including LSF, UGE, or Slurm across large-scale HPC systems

- Support and troubleshoot Linux/UNIX systems in production, ensuring uptime and performance for engineering workflows

- Build and maintain DevOps automation using Python and other scripting languages to improve reliability and reduce manual toil

- Coordinate with IT, R&D, and infrastructure teams to align compute strategy, resolve issues, and deliver on engineering needs

- Manage cloud compute operations across GCP, AWS, or Azure, including cost optimization, security compliance, and hybrid cloud integration

The Impact You Will Have:

- Engineering teams will have reliable, performant compute environments that let them focus on their work instead of fighting infrastructure

- The roadmap you build will shape how Synopsys scales compute capacity for next-generation IP and EDA development

- Your automation and scripting will reduce manual operations overhead and improve system reliability across the HPC environment

- R&D teams will be able to burst to cloud when needed without waiting weeks for approvals or configurations

- Your coordination across IT, security, and engineering will prevent bottlenecks and misaligned priorities before they slow down product timelines

- The job scheduler optimizations you implement will improve throughput and reduce queue wait times for critical engineering runs

- Your deep technical knowledge will make you the go-to resource when something breaks and needs to be fixed fast

Requirements:

- Deep hands-on experience with Linux/UNIX system administration in production environments

- Proven experience managing and optimizing job schedulers such as LSF, UGE, or Slurm in large-scale HPC or engineering compute environments

- Strong scripting and automation skills, particularly in Python

- Experience supporting engineering teams using cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure

- Background in DevOps practices, tooling, and workflows

- Ability to translate technical, business, and security requirements into actionable roadmaps and coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups

- Experience managing HPC systems in large compute data centers is a strong plus

Benefits:

- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family

- Time away programs including ETO and FTO

- Family support including maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance

- ESPP: purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24-month look-back

- Retirement plans that vary by region and country

- Competitive salaries

## Skills

### Required
- Linux
- UNIX
- Python
- LSF
- UGE
- Slurm
- DevOps
- GCP
- AWS
- Azure

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